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)

Record Details:

Title:
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
Date:
1979
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Volume:
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
Leaf #:
000129
Language:
English
Subjects:
Washington National Records Center. Building A, Motion picture film collections
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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121 /^ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA f oENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRA I ION Region 3 Vashinglon. DC 20407 'attnof Chief, Accident and Fire Prevention Branch (3POA) J UN 1375 SUBJECT Prelease inspection report of the Lansburgh's Building Washington, D. C. Director, Space Management Division (3MR) This confirms our dicussions of the subject building with Mrs. Doris Frankenfield and Mr. Albert Herndon, as a preclude to responding to your jTiemorandum of May 27, 1975. The building, which is to be used as record storage, does not nneet GSA Building Firesafety Criteria and does not comply with facility standards set forth by National Archives and Records Service (NARS). The basic structural deficiencies listed belov/ cannot feasibly be corrected. 1. The floor load is rated at 100 pounds per square foot (psf)-the NARS standard is 300 pounds psf. 2. The subject building's type of construction is classed as ordinary--NARS standards require fire resistive construction. 3. The existing sprinkler system is about 50 years old and untested. The standard design of sprinklers 50 years ago is far subordinate to NARS standards of hydraulically designed minimum delivery rate of water application of 0. 30 gallon per minute, per square foot. 4. The space is not separated by fire walls into individual record storage areas of 40,000 square feet each, as required by NARS standards. Enclosed, is a copy of the referenced standards. As a result of the serious record center fire in the Military Personnel Records Center in Overton, Missouri, on July 12, 1973, the Administrator has appointed a special advisory committee to review existing Federal records center standards as applied to both archives and records centers.