The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of fire safety resilience within buildings and explore which innovative ideas can be used to ensure the safety of these buildings through a literature review. Recent fire disasters have proven that not all buildings can withstand fire disruptions thus there is a need for a paradigm shift from robust design to resilience designs of buildings. A total of 14 published primary studies between 2018 and 2022 were reviewed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 checklist and flow diagram. From the primary studies, 50% dealt with fire safety technologies, 14% dealt with fire safety resilience, 29% dealt with models and 7% dealt with identified flaws in the fire safety technologies. The results showed that some fire safety technologies have not received the needed recognition. Also, various types of sensors can be compromised by physical stimuli of different kinds and the malfunctioning of fire alarm sensing systems (FASS) may lead to critical damage to lives and properties. The results also revealed that fire safety resilience is a new concept emerging in the field of fire safety engineering.