National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979 (1979)

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64 All exterior doors must be kept locked at oil times even when staff personnel are Inside. All windows and doors will be locked at the end of each work day. All vault doors must bo properly latched at all times except when someone is inside. A visitor's log must be maintained and everyone must sign in and out, including all NARS employees. All visitors must be escorted at all times while in the vaults. An exception is the PBS maintenance engineers who regularly enter the vaults. Only persons with official business are permitted to enter the buildings. FPO has been requested to secure the compound gate at h:hS p.m. each work day, RELATIONS WITH PBS Temperature readings (and humidity readings when available) must be recorded each work day. The readings must be recorded in a log and initialed by the NNVM employee who makes the readings. The air conditioning is set for 55° F. All readings above 55 are to be reported to the PBS Field Manager's Office; the report of this call should be indicated in the log's remarks column. The Supervisor must maintain a record of all calls to PBS concerning air conditioning problems or other equipmC;nt breakdowns. The Supervisor should notify the Branch Chief about these calls and should also report follow-up action by °;''iS. PBS maintenance engineers will enter the buildings on various shifts. Other repairmen such as pipefitters or painters who do not regularly enter the vaults must be accompanied by an NNVM staff member. The Supervisor must report construction or repair work daily. No construction or repair v/ork in vaults v;ith nitrate film is authorized. GENERAL HANDLING PROCEDURES No nitrate film is permitted in the work rooms overnight. It should be placed in a vault. Not more than 12,000 feet of nitrate film should be brought into the vvfork rooms at any one time. Film is to remain in covered cans at all times except when it is being v/orked on. No smoking is permitted anywhere in the buildings. Signs should be posted. Devices that produce static electricity (e.g., high speed rewinds) or intense