<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">I recommend talking to the State Fire Marshal before proceeding further. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Does the basement room have egress ? If there was a spill, or the sprinkler system was activated, where would everything drain? Will the fire marshall allow storage of flammable liquids in a public building (with lots of kids touring)?</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div>Greg Schneider<br>Division of Reptiles and Amphibians<br></div><div>Museum of Zoology</div><div>Research Museums Center</div><div>3600 Varsity Drive<br>University of Michigan<br></div><div>Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108</div><div><p style="margin:0px"><a value="+17347630740" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px">734 647 1927 </a></p></div></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:navy"><a href="mailto:ges@umich.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">ges@umich.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:navy"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><img border="0" width="96" height="97" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD6BEB.4D6147C0" alt="Description: Description: logocolor"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/rep_amph/index.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/rep_amph/index.html</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 3:21 PM Colleen Evans <<a href="mailto:cevans@statenislandmuseum.org">cevans@statenislandmuseum.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our museum is in the design phase of renovating an historic building for collections storage and eventually gallery space. Due to some architectural quirks, the floor that will house our collections is considered a basement level, even
though it is not actually underground. Because of the basement classification we’ve run into issues with the fire code. The architecture firm we are working with is applying for a variance with the fire department so we can renovate a space on that floor for
our ethanol collection. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The architecture firm thinks it will be helpful to have the following information from other institutions:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_7165986442732377654MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>What floor is your ethanol collection housed on?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_7165986442732377654MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Were there any special requirements for that space, such as fire rating for the walls, specific ventilation requirements, floor drainage or something else?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Responses can be sent off-list.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Colleen<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Colleen Evans<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">[she/her/hers]<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Director of Natural Science Interpretation and Collections<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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