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Next meeting is from 1:30 to 3 pm of February 5th in at a room in The meeting will be in 31A Wilson,located on basement level. Enter Wilson via the basement entrance. Walk west past the coffee shop,the restrooms, turn right through the "staff only" doors. Room will be on your left.
Initial agenda:
Discuss progress on implementation and recent lessons from large water events.
Preview the libraries water event video
Follow up on the status of a HEAPR request for temperature sensors
Determine what would be the best campus wide notification for cold weather preparedness to reduce pipe freezing. (see further discussion below).
Review Mayo water events as posted on the secure incident management blog.
Let me know if there are other agenda items.
Background on campus wide cold weather notification discussion via Craig Moody.
Among the incidents discussed last week at the All Hazards Meeting was the 1/21/13 Mayo sprinkler leak again affecting School of Public Health offices. I understand that a physical inspection of the Mayo Building after the incident (I'm not absolutely certain on the timing) revealed many more windows open than the one which led to the sprinkler freezing and leaking. One of the staff in DEHS suggested that it might be useful to send a message out to occupants reminding them to make sure that their windows are shut in advance of an approaching cold front which results in daytime temperatures below freezing.
Would this tactic reduce the likelihood of a window being left open? Some DEHS folks thought so. Some thoughts came to mind:
-Would such a message be sent campus-wide or to targeted buildings?
-Would it be appropriate to add it to a message such as that below on the National Weather Service Advisory?
-Do appropriate distributions exist for targeted buildings?
-Who would be the appropriate sender of the message?
Would this tactic reduce the likelihood of a window being left open? Some DEHS folks thought so. Some thoughts came to mind:
-Would such a message be sent campus-wide or to targeted buildings?
-Would it be appropriate to add it to a message such as that below on the National Weather Service Advisory?
-Do appropriate distributions exist for targeted buildings?
-Who would be the appropriate sender of the message?
Comment from Mike Berthelsen
I think such messages may help but will not eliminate such risks.
I believe that a building specific or at least college specific messages will be most effective. This is because so many buildings do not have operable windows...and I think more people will open email from their Dean than U Services or FM.
We will also be discussing this information in our Mayo flood after event.
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