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 #:
000502
Language:
English
Subjects:
Washington National Records Center. Building A, Motion picture film collections
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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476 No this is done in our daily work in plan review and required survey reports which identify areas of deficiencies in design, construction, and operations. Criticisms of safety and fire protection deficiencies are made regularly by accident and fire protection employees and are applied as appropriate to any level of activity up to and including top management. 15. Why couldn't the committee determine what caused the fire? The cause of a fire which starts without witnesses is subject to some uncertainties. All of the circumstances are studied and obvious impossibilities are eliminated. The causes which remain are ranked as to probability, and most probable cause is arrived at. In this way the investigative committee eliminated spontaneous ignition as the cause of the fire because the film was sound, having been recently inspected, the weather was cold, below storage temperature requirements for weeks, the fire started in a vault in which work had taken place that morning. The presence of badly deteriorating film on the point of self-igniting would have made breathing difficult for the workmen. Questioning of those present indicated no unusual odors or vapors. The fire started in a vault in which the door was left open by airconditioning workmen. This fact was stated by a