Since you're talking about this you probably know this already, but Europe largely does not follow this rule, and doesn't really suffer from horrible fires.
You can't ctrl-c (Western) European designs and regulations into North America because the context is fairly different.
A lot of Europeans underestimate the cultural and legal differences between North America and Western Europe.
Since you're talking about this you probably know this already, but Europe largely does not follow this rule, and doesn't really suffer from horrible fires.