It took the tragic deaths of two firefighters, but the cursed Deutsche Bank building finally has a fire-safety plan, according to documents obtained by The Post.
Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino, who perished in the Aug. 18 blaze in the contaminated building. lost their lives because of lax fire-protection measures, most notably a dismantled standpipe system.
Since then, several government agencies and the FDNY have hammered out a plan full of commonsense requirements.
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease must now provide plans that show the current layout and configuration of each floor.
Firefighters last month were confronted with a maze of halls and stairways that were blocked because of the decontamination work being done as the structure is dismantled.
The negative air-pressure units that are needed to prevent the spread of toxic dust must have a master “off” switch. Those fans were blamed for causing the 14th-floor fire to spread unpredictably.
And all stairways must now be clear of obstructions and marked with luminous paint.
The new rules go beyond the single regulation in the deconstruction plan authored by the subcontractor John Galt Corp. and Bovis last year.
Under that plan, the only fire-protection requirement was maintaining the standpipe – a task that wasn’t done.
cbennett@nypost.com