*It's a risk, all right. This guy knows a lot of people in spaces like that, and, well, so do I.
Stairs made o re-used pallets-board, etc
Ghost Ship was in an old, cheap industrial space that was converted into a living space. It housed a number of people and threw regular parties and events for the underground arts scene in the Bay Area. It is one of dozens (if not hundreds) of similar spaces in the Bay.
I have friends who live in converted industrial spaces, which are commonly called warehomes in the Bay. I have even more friends who have created startups, makerspaces, and other businesses in old industrial spaces because they’re cheap and flexible. A large portion of those friends are in industrial spaces that are dangerous or hazardous in some way, are not necessarily to-code, have not been inspected by a fire marshal, or are otherwise at risk of fire in some way. I am writing this basic, incomplete primer to infrastructural fire safety in industrial spaces with those friends in mind….
