Go to your local government site and read your fire codes.
I will certainly do that.
I talk to folks from all over the country that have this same problem with apartment living. I'm guessing that this complex was probably built around the early 80's or so, and so I don't know what the regulations were at the time that this building was constructed. I just know that these apartment complexes are put up in lightning speed, and I don't expect that much care is taken to do everything that should be done. Get it done and move on to the next one.