On: Do It Yourself Blind Repair

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Assuming I’ve searched the right thing (are they external blinds?), what would make this particularly bad in a fire?

[conductr → lostlogin]

Perhaps difficulty escaping from interior.

[munk-a → conductr]

In Canada at least it's because fire-fighters aren't trained to bypass them and, as you said, concerns about people within being unable to escape.

[hnbad → munk-a]

FWIW in Germany there's a requirement for buildings with automatic shutters to have one designated emergency exit window where the shutters can be operated manually. But fire-fighters shouldn't really have much of a problem if they carry an axe.