Emergency exits—stairwells, back doors, fire escape routes—are only useful if they’re actually usable. In many buildings, people quietly store old furniture, boxes or trash there “for now,” and it slowly becomes a junk zone.
If you periodically look and notice blocked pathways, locked doors or broken lights, you can raise it with the society or management. Getting these cleared might feel like overreacting—until the one day when there’s smoke in the main corridor and everyone needs that alternate route.
You’re not just protecting yourself but also neighbours, kids, elders—anyone who might need a quick, clear escape path.
