University Daily Kansan, June 29, 1983
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Alarms
She said the intermittent buzzer "sounded more like something shorting out" than a fire alarm.
Troy Mass, Huntington Beach, Calif., junior, said, "I never heard an alarm like that before. It's not like the one at Ellsworth. At first I couldn't figure out that it was a fire alarm."
MAINS LIVED IN Ellsworth Hall last year and said the fire alarm was a continuous buzzer.
Robert schober, Midland, Texas, junior, said, "The alarm served notice that something was going on. At McColum, it's one continuous wave of a sure fire this was until the resident assistant had gone."
People' familiar with the alarm systems at some of the other residence halls indicated that an intermittent buzzer rather than a continuous buzzer was in use.
Kathy: Rose-Mockry, Los Angeles, Calif.
graduate student and residence hall director at Lewis Hall last year. Bill Watkins, St. Louis,
California, graduated from Roxana Immarvalvis; Wichita last year and Roxanna Immarvalvis; Wichita
graduate student who lived in Gertrude Sellars Pearson Hall last year, all said the alarm systems in those residence halls were intermittent buzzers.
WHEN ASKED WHY different alarm systems exist on campus, J.J. Wilson, KU director of housing, said, "I can't answer that question. I don't see it as anything but a nitty-point."
He said that as long as fire alarms in KU residence halls had a distinctive sound, they were not needed.
Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain said that fire alarms "should be loud enough to be heard" and that he had not read anything to indicate that one kind of alarm was more effective than
But he said if the alarms were causing confusion, "This is the first time I ever been informed about it. No one has ever suggested it before."
MCSWAIN SAID THE best way to overcome the confusion was not to make all the alarm systems uniform — that would be too costly, he said — but to put notices in residence hall rooms
that would explain what the sound of the fire alarm in that particular residence hall.
When informed of McSwin's suggestion, McElhite said helik it.
McEllenie said he would consider the suggestion and would gather some other information about the idea.
"It'd probably be implemented in one way or another in the fall," he said.
McEhlene said the office of residential programs did not have any formal program to train residents.
MARY ANN GLASSCOCK, Ft. Worth, Texas, graduate student, said, "It sounded like a digital alarm clock."
He said, however, "Anything to improve fire safety we're willing to do."
German Moya, San Joe, Costa Rica, sophomore, was a firefighter for 3 1/2 years. He said, "The alarm is not alarming enough. It needs a different sound."
The office is responsible for fire safety programs and works closely with the Lawrence Fire Department to make students aware of fire prevention.
Smoke-smelling student acts as fire alarm
Rv MICHAEL, PAUL.
Ben Froldeaux had something to say to KU police officer Frank Young, but he didn't want to interrupt him.
young was making a routine building check of Joseph K. Pearson Hall early Sunday morning
He was talking to two security monitors, Tom Coombia, Oak Ridge, Teen, special student, and Eric V. Coppelman.
Froideaux politely interrupted their conversation.
"EXCUSE ME." HE SAID. "There's a fire downstairs."
Frodevaux, Bartlesville, Okla., junior, said Monday that he was studying in the basement of JRP at about 3:45 a.m. Sunday when he smelled smoke.
he said that, as he went to the laundry room to investigate, he saw a "small glowing bonfire" in the house manager's office.
security through the alarm, John Young
While Combs pulled the alarm, John Young
opened the door to the house manager's office
and Officer Young extinguished the fire.
He then informed the officer and the two security monitors about the fire.
Captain John Courtney of the KU Police Department said arson was suspected. He said several paper fires had been set in the office.
Courtney estimated that the fire caused $500 in damage. He also said $85 was stolen.
courtney said the police were continuing their investigation and following up on leads.
Christy, Kennedy, an animal caretaker at the Animal Care Unit, shows off a baby raccoon during a tour of the unit in Malotl Hall by students in the Feathers and Fur class, a part of the University of Kansas Museums of Natural History Summer Workshops for Young People. The children are, from left to right, Angle Parr, Shay O'Brien, 8, and Craig Pressgrove, 8. The workshops will continue until August 5 and are for children age 5 to 13.
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