--part1_f.1b00c35.25f4e67c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Something that is of interest to us all. << From: "Charles E. Carter" <cetracer@ameritech.net> To: <CARTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 10:10 AM Subject: [CARTER-L] National Archives Statement on Records Center Fire > National Archives Statement on Records Center Fire > U.S. Newswire > 1 Mar 15:39 > National Archives and Records Administration Statement on Records > Center Fire > To: National Desk > Contact: National Archives Public Affairs, 301-713-6000 > > WASHINGTON, March 1, /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a > statement from John W. Carlin, archivist of the United States, > on the Feb. 29 Records Center Fire: > > Yesterday (Tuesday, Feb. 29), the National Archives and Records > Administration (NARA) reported a fire in its Washington National > Records Center in Suitland, Md. The fire was contained by the > Center's fire-safety system and extinguished with no reports of > harm to staff or visitors, but some records were damaged. The > following is an update on that from Archivist of the United States > John Carlin. > > Although much work will be needed before we can be certain, we > believe that of the total of more than 3.7 million cubic feet of > records at Suitland, approximately 3,000 cubic feet were in the > immediate area. Of those, fewer than 300 cubic feet may have been > destroyed. Most of the affected records were wet or damp from > sprinkler water or in singed boxes. Our staff at Suitland stayed > up through last night making valiant efforts to protect records > from water damage and otherwise dealing with the fire's effects, > working with personnel from the General Services Administration, > from which we lease the facility. > > The cause of the fire is as yet undetermined. Because the > property is Federal, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, > and Firearms as well as GSA fire investigators were notified. As > the investigation continues, the following is what we know about > the fire so far. > > The sprinkler alarms were activated at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and > alerted the GSA Control Center that there was a problem. The first > fire company arrived sometime between 2:45 and 2:50. A fireman on > the scene was overcome with smoke at which point firemen abandoned > Stack 15 to open the roof hatches to vent the smoke. This process > apparently took approximately one hour to accomplish before the > firemen returned to Stack 15 to begin to extinguish the fire. The > sprinkler system contained the fire during the period between > 2:30 and 3:50 at which point the firemen were able to enter the > stack. At 8:13 p.m. the firemen on the scene felt that the fire was > sufficiently extinguished to allow the investigation to begin in > the stack. > > Our tracking system enabled us to identify the records on the > shelves affected by the fire, and agencies whose records may have > been affected have been notified. But we won't be able to identify > exactly which records have been affected and how seriously until > the investigation of the area is completed and we can examine the > materials more closely. > > I will provide further information as it becomes available. > > ------ > For further information, contact the National Archives public > affairs staff at 301-713-6000. > > -0- > /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ > 03/01 15:39 > > Copyright 2000, U.S. Newswire > > > >> --part1_f.1b00c35.25f4e67c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <braswell-l-request@genealogy.org> Received: from rly-za05.mx.aol.com (rly-za05.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.101]) by air-za01.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 17:39:10 -0500 Received: from ns.emcee.com (emcee.com [207.167.87.50]) by rly-za05.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Mar 2000 17:38:54 -0500 Received: (qmail 17100 invoked by uid 531); 5 Mar 2000 22:38:43 -0000 Resent-Date: 5 Mar 2000 22:38:42 -0000 Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; Message-ID: <05ff01bf86f3$cb8c2ec0$91851ad0@gayleell> From: "Gayle Ellison" <gayleell@internetcds.com> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;@ns.emcee.com;> Subject: Fw: [CARTER-L] National Archives Statement on Records Center Fire Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 14:30:52 -0800 Organization: Assistance Unlimited MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Resent-Message-ID: <"U09ue.0.nA4.n7kmu"@ns> Resent-From: braswell-l@genealogy.org X-Mailing-List: <braswell-l@genealogy.org> archive/latest/2860 X-Loop: braswell-l@genealogy.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: braswell-l-request@genealogy.org I thought you would want to know about this. gayle braswell ellison ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles E. Carter" <cetracer@ameritech.net> To: <CARTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 10:10 AM Subject: [CARTER-L] National Archives Statement on Records Center Fire > National Archives Statement on Records Center Fire > U.S. Newswire > 1 Mar 15:39 > National Archives and Records Administration Statement on Records > Center Fire > To: National Desk > Contact: National Archives Public Affairs, 301-713-6000 > > WASHINGTON, March 1, /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a > statement from John W. Carlin, archivist of the United States, > on the Feb. 29 Records Center Fire: > > Yesterday (Tuesday, Feb. 29), the National Archives and Records > Administration (NARA) reported a fire in its Washington National > Records Center in Suitland, Md. The fire was contained by the > Center's fire-safety system and extinguished with no reports of > harm to staff or visitors, but some records were damaged. The > following is an update on that from Archivist of the United States > John Carlin. > > Although much work will be needed before we can be certain, we > believe that of the total of more than 3.7 million cubic feet of > records at Suitland, approximately 3,000 cubic feet were in the > immediate area. Of those, fewer than 300 cubic feet may have been > destroyed. Most of the affected records were wet or damp from > sprinkler water or in singed boxes. Our staff at Suitland stayed > up through last night making valiant efforts to protect records > from water damage and otherwise dealing with the fire's effects, > working with personnel from the General Services Administration, > from which we lease the facility. > > The cause of the fire is as yet undetermined. Because the > property is Federal, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, > and Firearms as well as GSA fire investigators were notified. As > the investigation continues, the following is what we know about > the fire so far. > > The sprinkler alarms were activated at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and > alerted the GSA Control Center that there was a problem. The first > fire company arrived sometime between 2:45 and 2:50. A fireman on > the scene was overcome with smoke at which point firemen abandoned > Stack 15 to open the roof hatches to vent the smoke. This process > apparently took approximately one hour to accomplish before the > firemen returned to Stack 15 to begin to extinguish the fire. The > sprinkler system contained the fire during the period between > 2:30 and 3:50 at which point the firemen were able to enter the > stack. At 8:13 p.m. the firemen on the scene felt that the fire was > sufficiently extinguished to allow the investigation to begin in > the stack. > > Our tracking system enabled us to identify the records on the > shelves affected by the fire, and agencies whose records may have > been affected have been notified. But we won't be able to identify > exactly which records have been affected and how seriously until > the investigation of the area is completed and we can examine the > materials more closely. > > I will provide further information as it becomes available. > > ------ > For further information, contact the National Archives public > affairs staff at 301-713-6000. > > -0- > /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ > 03/01 15:39 > > Copyright 2000, U.S. Newswire > > > --part1_f.1b00c35.25f4e67c_boundary--