Mold still a problem at Mobile fire stations

Mold in local fire stations in Mobile Alabama is still a problem. The following URL is another article about mold in Mobile fire stations. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-29309-Mobile-Firehouse-Examiner~... Mold has been an issue in the city of Mobile fire stations for a long time now and still is a problem for all fire stations with a flat top roof. The kinds of mold found in these fire stations are listed as follows geotrichum, aspergillus, sporothrix, verticillum, scedosporium sp, alternaria, aspergillus niger, penicillium, trichoderma, scopulariopsis, cladosporium, yeast, aMold still a problem at Mobile fire stationsnd arsenic.On 1/27/2010 city officials and a mold inspector have show up at Tapia Fire station located at 4710 Airport Boulevard. This problem of mold just didn’t show up on the 27th of January it had been reported over two months ago and city workers were sent out to fix the problem. City workers tore out the ceilings in both bathrooms were you could see that the air ducks had been leaking condensation. All that was done is the ceiling sheet rock was replaced and painted in both bathrooms. The problem of the leaking air ducks was never fixed so it won’t take but about 6 months and Tapia station will need the bathrooms redone again. The problem on 1/27/2010 was actually discovered about 3 weeks ago when city carpenters were sent out to replace all windows in Tapia fire station. When the windows were tore out mold was discovered in the captain’s room. So pictures were taken and the city officials showed up with the mold inspector to investigate the problem. Now after this was done new widows were put in all through the station. The following shift city workers showed up and put sheet rock mud over the mold that surrounded the window frame in the captains room and then came back another day to paint. After all this was done one of the city workers that came back to paint discovered that the sheet rock mud was still wet. It was then they discovered that moisture was leaking from above into the wall. So now all that work and effort has now all have to be torn out and redone. This issue of mold in Tapia station is not the first time and neither will be the last time mold will surface in that fire station.

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Comment by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on January 28, 2010 at 11:57am
Unless you have had to deal with mold issues, there is a good chance that this won't be one of your more favorite posts I suppose. But if you have to deal with this, then you are dealing with a nightmare, especially if you have children or elderly people involved who have mold sensitivities.

What you did not post was the use of fans and machines designed to remove the moisure through the use of heat and a unit that actually sucks the moisture out of the air. After a few days, the drywall and adjoining areas are bone dry. Using a FLIR handheld device will reveal any wet spots. Hopefully, your department has thermal imaging camera to help with the detection of water or wet spots that are not visible to the eye. And once the wet areas have been removed, understand that the use of bleach with mold just changes the color of the mold, it bleaches it... But the mold has not been destroyed and will return if it is not treated right.

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