Frances Perkins, the executive secretary of the New York Committee on Safety, has a large effect on making the safety laws. The Sullivan-Hoey Law was passed in October of 1911. It led to the establishment of the New York Bureau of Fire Protection. After the fire many of the fire chiefs said that they observed the factory and it lacked adequate fire escapes and that they need to practice fire drill. In addition to the fire escapes they need to indicate the fire escape routes in different languages so that the different ethnics could read it and know the route. Months later the State law required everything from fire drills, fire alarms, improved ventilation, and sprinkler systems. People still made observations and changes still needed to be
