I spend a week or two every year in a condo on East Coast, wife's annual Pilgrimage to see family and play in surf with grandson. Place we rent from friend is on 7th floor. It is largely a concrete structure, it is right on the beach. But I don't like depending on elevators. It is not a vertical only structure, which helps. It has wings and long paths which could give exist access.
Fire truck ladders only go to the 7th floor. Know your exits before there’s a fire. Always stay in a sprinkled building