Dear LM-NET Colleagues,
My school is less that a mile from the site of the Station night club
fire of February 20. The 100th victim of that fire died this week. I
cannot describe the depths of that tragedy in this community. Relatives
of our students died. Parents in our school community were first
responders and are trying to cope. Our students were exposed to a
constant barrage of horrible sounds and images.
Our fire inspection last week resulted in the same situation you
describe. Extension cords were immediately confiscated, flammable
material must come down, etc. Our building is one-level, 12 years old,
has sprinklers, and every classroom has an exit to the outside as well
as to the corridor. Maybe the codes should be examined and re-written.
However, we cannot expect fire officials to overlook infractions to fire
safety codes as they are now written. Living with the moral and legal
consequences if something does happen is too great a burden.
Jackie
On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 07:40 PM, Karen's Work wrote:
> Last week the state monitors came thru our district. Before them came
> the
> fire marshall. We were told we can't pass the state monitors if we don't
> pass the fire marshall's inspection.
>
> The fire code says nothing is to be hung from ceilings or overhead
> lights,
> nothing may sit on a shelf within 24 inches of a ceiling, and no
> extension
> cords can be used as a permanent way of plugging something in.
>
> It also says no paper can be hung on any wall, chalkboard, window or
> piece
> of furniture. Paper may only be hung on a bulletin board with a wood or
> metal frame. Violations of the code will result in a $5000 per day fine.
>
> We have been told to throw away hundreds of dollars worth of paper that
> was
> decorating our schools. Art projects and writing samples made by the
> children that were on display were bundled up and sent home. The photos
> of
> my 120 kids who read 100 books each were removed from the wall in my
> library. It's hard to believe they would be more flammable on the cinder
> block wall than if they were on the regulation bulletin board.
>
> The schools look bare and dismal. This did not happen to this extent
> when we
> were monitored previously. No one in our building has heard of any
> school
> having to follow such strict rules about paper being hung on the walls
> and
> windows. Our building is only ten years old, and is well equipped with
> sprinklers, as are the other older schools in the district. When the
> staff
> has questioned the administration we are told the fire code must be
> followed. We know it is important to be safe but the extent of this
> seems
> ridiculous.
>
> The story made the front page of the Gloucester County Times on March
> 7, and
> an editorial about it in the same paper today.
>
> Does your district follow such strict fire code rules?
>
> Karen DeFrank, LMS
> Bullock School
> Glassboro, NJ
>
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Jacquelyn Lamoureux
Library Media Specialist
Greenbush Elementary School
West Warwick, RI 02893
rif00108@ride.ri.net
Jackie Lamx@aol.com
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