Unfortunately there was a problem with the demolition of old fire alarm
devices in Brock Hall today.  The contractor attempted to remove an old
device without disconnecting the power, and that caused momentary smoke.
The new fire alarm system went into general building alarm upon sensing
smoke, which is just what it's supposed to do.  I'm still checking on
what caused the brief announcement feature that happened at 12:15.

I apologize for the disruption.  The contractor has been reminded once
again to take extreme care in their work.

As Dr. Rice pointed out, the new fire alarm systems in Brock, Hunter,
and Holt, and soon Fine Arts, do have capability of general emergency
announcements.  Jim Pulliam will be sending something out to the campus
on this feature soon.  

Janet Spraker

-----Original Message-----
From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Richard Rice
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:22 PM
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Subject: [UTCSTAFF] Brock Hall Chaos

Today Brock Hall has been a circus of classes emptying, and then
students
filing back in due to what seems to be malfunctioning or testing of the
emergency alarm system.  This happened first during our 9:00 classes
with an
alarm, and at 12:15 another type of alarm with a brief attention message
(no
follow-up) again disrupted classes.

 

First, we need to know what is going on here, and secondly, now we have
these fancy alarm systems, how about teaching us which is a fire alert
and
which one mean to barricade the classroom in case a shooter is about.

 

How about a Raven clarification ASAP?

 

Richard Rice


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