Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, December 11, 1989, Page 16, Image 16

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    Fire_s
ontmiifd from P.^e 1
n.ui \ i-ms the Physical Plant olct tru lan
said lie lias rei eived a i <>|)\ nl Uoosingei '* report
and i\ working on the violations in eai h building
as they in ( in in tin- report lie said In was work
inH on page seven of the -!1 page report
Although manv repairs .ire needed the I in
\ersily look a step Uednesda\ in attempting to
li\ its problems
Muriel |ai kson assistant ' u e president loi
administration said Wednesday's pre proposal
meeting with prosper live engineers was held to
ask the engineers to evaluate the systems and ad
\ ise the I Diversity of possible modifir alions
About 1 i eompanies sent representatives to
tbe meeting, she said I he I'Diversity exper ts to
iim eive .ill proposals b\ jan
U r ie sort ol poised on the brink ol the
whole mallei she said, adding that she i mild
neither estimate the rust to renovate the system
nor predir t the time to i ompleb the work
Buostngei said he estimated more than Si
million and from three to fne years is needed to
bring the I 'im ei sit\ to i ode
Jackson said the rumpus rail boxes wliir.li
direr tly cornier t speakers to the dispute her at the
safety offic e are in i omplete working ordei
However Boosinger said it the system was
working properly, malftnu lions with equipment
sin h as fire exits deflators and Im/./.ers would
send trouble signals to tile public safely offir e
advising I tie olfii e ol the need tor repail
( ail Ihl’aolo. lormei Physical Plant elei Iri
i ian and alarm lei Iiiik i.m said he tried for three
years to r onvilli e the t 'Diversity to r nrrei I the tin
sate status rit the lire alarm sy stems
Dil'aolo. who owns an alarm company, re
signed this lull He said the administration would
riot authorize new repairs lor the systems and. in
stead wanted him to install illegal systems
Out ill five systems two .ire worth .1 damn
.ind lliri'i' don I meet the 1 odes." he said
I he five systems fh.it connect to the putilic
salt'll office ire the (..miewell the motel hoard
the dinit.il system, the Simples and the two-sys
terns gauge
The digital. Simples and two systems gauge
are approved systems. Dil’aolo said
Dil’aolu and Housiuger both agree the (tame
well and the motel hoard are outdated and are not
appros ed s\ stems
file (tame well. whic h reieives the fire alar m
signal from Mar Dourt. was installed in the
l'lldls. Itd’aolo said. This system only reports fire
and does not report malfmn lions of alarms or tie
ter tors in buildings
It pull stations or sprinklers were damaged in
Mar. ( ourt or in other buildings < miner led to the
(ia mew el I. no one would know ol the problem
until the lire marshal made an inspection or until
a fire started
When the (lamewell which sits underneath
III)' dispatr hei s desk, rec fives a signal Iron) one
ol its lire alarms, the message produces a series ot
holes punched into the papei that runs through
the mat bine. Ilil'aolo said
lie said one of the dangers ol this system is it
the dispatr hei is away Irnm his desk, the papei
prim lung sound ol the mat.bine would not lie
heart! and would not notify anyone ol a lire
Dil’aolo said tire motel hoard, which is an
unapproved system was designed to prolet 1 mo
tel television sets from thfll The hoard contains
7a separate lights to identity problems, hut nu
merous false alarms render it 1 in pi at lit al
The motel hoard is installed in the l'niversity
Inn hut Dil’aolo saitl he refused the I Diversity's
orders to install it in Riley Hall, whit li now ton
tains the digital s\stern
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