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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Hi Sarah,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">The situation here at the Oregon State Ichthyology Collection is pretty similar to what Andy described for the Kansas collection. For example, the collection has its own HVAC system that
that be controlled independently of the rest of the building and that has its own emergency shutoff switch. The room is surrounded by two-hour fire walls, is located adjacent to an exterior wall of the building (allows the firefighters to break the wall in
a catastrophe), has a water-based sprinkler system, sparkproof lighting, electrical switches outside the collections room, and so forth.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">The mobile shelving has earthquake bars, and is perforated for water flow. It is substantially less perforated than the shelves in the Kansas collection, and our situation is probably not
ideal in that regard. Here, I was probably less specific with Spacesavers than I should have been.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">As opposed to some others, we were indeed required to construct a holding tank for the full fluid volume of the collection, plus two hours of flow from the sprinklers. It was very expensive.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">As I previously mentioned, because the collection is largely in 50% isopropanol, we were also forbidden to move to 70% ethanol (due to concerns over increased flammability of the higher
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">We are restricted from using glass containers over a gallon in size. Anything larger is a steel tank (for specimen storage) or a plastic carboy (for mixing/dispensing).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of "Bentley, Andrew Charles" <abentley@ku.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 7:15 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Sarah K. Huber" <skhuber@vims.edu>, "nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fire Marshall Regulations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Yes, this is a huge can of worms – mostly due to the fact that there are no fire regulations specific to natural history museum scenarios and fire marshals thus have to extrapolate
from existing regulations from other realms and in doing so, we get numerous different interpretations. This is something we are hoping to remedy with SPNHC best practices outlining guidelines. However I think it will take working with fire marshals and
the regulatory bodies to put specific regulations in place that can be used for natural history collections but I fear that may be opening Pandora’s box
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">. One of the things I have always wanted to do is work with our fire department to set up a dummy shelf unit
and set it on fire to document what would happen and hopefully allay any fears. One day…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">In our specific case we have forged a good working relationship with our on campus fire marshal which has helped immensely in ensuring that he is not over-reacting to the
situation at hand. We have never been asked to install fire proof cabinets or have a retention pond that will hold all alcohol in the event of every jar and tank rupturing simultaneously!! We have a dedicated wet collection storage facility that has no outlets
except one explosion proof outlet on each of the four floors. We have a water based sprinkler system activated by smoke detectors (two need to be activated to set the system in motion) and egress drains in front of each door with non-return valves to prevent
sewer smell. We have a mix of compactor a static metal shelving (Spacesaver) that have perforated shelf liners to allow water from sprinkler system to pass through. The compactor units are open top and front and all shelves have earthquake bars. We were
mandated to not fill any shelf more than 50% to allow water to flow through the shelves but this is loosely enforced and in most cases we are well over that given that we are running out of space. There is also an upper height limit to our storage to ensure
that all jars are the minimum allowable distance from any of the sprinkler heads. We have spill kits on every floor and at least two entry/exits to every floor to allow for emergency exit. All doors have signage posted warning of flammable chemicals (we
only have material in 70% ethanol) and formaldehyde which we posted in close conjunction with our University EHS unit. We have a dedicated HVAC system that is capable of changing all air in the facility every two hours, maintains a fairly constant 65 degrees
F and 40-50% humidity (humidity swings are common in both summer and winter even after a retrofit of the system) and is regularly maintained by our facilities and operations (F&O) folks on campus (changing belts etc.). We have HOBO recorders on every floor
monitoring temperature and humidity which are downloaded every month and stored digitally (we have 16 years’ worth of monthly data) along with F&O installed Johnson controls that are monitored by on campus entities. We also have rolling ladders on every floor
for accessing high shelves and use carts for transport of material between the wet wing and wet lab.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Happy to send pictures or specs of any of this if anyone is interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D">Hope that helps</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sarah K. Huber<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 21, 2016 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Fire Marshall Regulations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">I might be opening a can of worms here, but I would be interested in hearing what regulations your local fire marshall has put into place regarding your wet collections (I am interested only in
collections that store fluid preserved specimens in ethanol or isopropyl, including -80 freezers with tissues in ethanol). Everything from fire suppression systems to allowable jar sizes (jars no bigger or smaller than X). While we have not had any issues
with our fire marshall, I would like to know what I might be up against in case we ever have problems in the future. We are also trying to plan for future renovation of our space, so having an idea of what might be required by a fire marshall for a facility
such as ours would be helpful.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black"><br>
Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection<br>
Office 804.684.7104 | Collection 804.684.7285<br>
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