The HFD's position on sprinklers high rise condos has not changed since 1975.  They want them all retro fitted and they don't care about the cost.  Read the article in Civil Beat by Ian Lind today where he cites the last city study commission's statistics where condo fires make up only 3% of the HFD responses with few or no loss of life situations.  Compared with the residential house fires that are about half of their work and most of the fatalities.

Has HFD seriously examined the condo fire issue?  No, because they stick to the same answer for last 40 years.  In the Marco Polo case, why did the fire jump the hallway and set the other units on the makai side of building on fire?  The double stack design was suppose to prevent that from occurring.  Was this a design flaw in all condos, or was this a freak accident?   Was and is a simpler and cheaper alternative available to condos to just put sprinklers in the hallways?  Yes, now is the time to HFD's feet to the fire.