I agree that fire is not as dangerous in a stone building, but it is still a danger – and people die in house fires in Israel all the time. This dorm is crowded with girls and their clothing. There are cooking facilities all over.
I think that the original problem is that the smoke detectors were installed in places that would go off whenever the girls cooked, so the girls would pull out the batteries. I suggested moving the location of the smoke detectors, and I also suggested a “hush” feature that quiets the smoke detector temporarily.
So it’s not as simple as buying a smoke detector – the dorm also has multiple floors that need working smoke detectors. It’s really an attitude of not caring. It’s consistent with not having enough food (as mentioned by another poster) and not fixing broken things.
