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Pennsylvania Science Lab Damaged by Fire
EDINBORO, Pa. - A fire did minor damage to a heating and air conditioning unit on the roof of a science building under renovation at a state-owned university in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Nobody was hurt in Sunday night's fire at the Cooper Science Hall at Edinboro University.
Firefighters used tarps to keep water from reaching computers and other equipment inside the three-story building. Edinboro fire Capt. Bryan Sheeder says the damage was limited to the HVAC unit in the fire reported about 6:30 p.m.
Officials say classes won't be interrupted because students are on spring break this week.
The renovation project began in January and is expected to take two years. It includes adding a new greenhouse and geothermal heating and cooling system to the building.
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Information from: Erie Times-News, http://www.goerie.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Nobody was hurt in Sunday night's fire at the Cooper Science Hall at Edinboro University.
Firefighters used tarps to keep water from reaching computers and other equipment inside the three-story building. Edinboro fire Capt. Bryan Sheeder says the damage was limited to the HVAC unit in the fire reported about 6:30 p.m.
Officials say classes won't be interrupted because students are on spring break this week.
The renovation project began in January and is expected to take two years. It includes adding a new greenhouse and geothermal heating and cooling system to the building.
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Information from: Erie Times-News, http://www.goerie.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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and this is a newsworthy story because... ?
- minor damage
- involved HVAC system
- fire restricted to roof only
- salvage procedures were used to deal with water
- computers were protected
How is this significant when there are literally hundreds of thousands of buildings that match this everyday bread and butter operation.
So why would the FFN blindly post such a mundane incident, and hype it up as in issue because the building happened to have a science lab...
You should focus on buildings that have toxic gas storage such as one tank of Germanium tetrahydride.
Why this example? If one (1) of these tanks had the contents released in the city of San Jose for example, how many people in a hypothetical population of lets say 750,000 would survive? 25 years ago, I was told that maybe about six people... and maybe about 25 if the military is brought in. One of the reasons for the high fatality rate estimates is the need for several whole blood transfusions for each patient. There is only so much blood to go around...
Sensationalizing this incident is silly and provides no educational benefit whatsoever. If you are going to interject several FFN WebTeam posts, pushing reader authored posts out of the "top five", please take the time to make the posts meaningful and not random. It appears that you are looking for the word "fire". Anything that comes up that to do with fire is posted as a newsworthy item.
Yes, I understand that the posts will go away, eventually, with no responses. Ever hear of the expression quality verses quantity? Just thought I'd bring this up...
Thanks for listening and pay attention to H-6 Occupancy types that perform semi-conductor ops. There are other nasty toxic chemicals and gases that could truly ruin your day. Just look up Silane for example... talk about reactive, sometimes... In fact, don't waste your time, let me lead by example...
Silane Tutorial:
http://www.bnl.gov/pv/files/pdf/IEEE_May2008_Silane_Tutorial.pdf
Silane MSDS:
http://www.utdallas.edu/research/cleanroom/safety/msds/documents/Si...
Silane "FIRE" Potential: http://risk.arizona.edu/healthandsafety/chemicalsafetybulletins/pot...
Now you have benefited from clicking on this post. Know more about the dangers of silane now?
Remember, quality, not quantity counts. If you want to call this site a site for professionals, treat us like that, please.
TCSS,
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