Stores Blocking Exits - Fire Traps?
Has anyone noticed lately that some big-box stores (for example Home Depot Patchogue West) are reconfiguring their entrances and exits so that there is no clear path of egress out of the store, it’s blocked and you must navigate a small chokepoint to get past the registers
Does the Fire Marshall regularly inspect these? Should a permit have been required to change the floorplan?
Posted Jun 27, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC
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