AFD Engine 4 Mullins Center 1:45 PM
Amherst Fire Department was kept busy Saturday responding to alarms for broken water mains in numerous commercial buildings around town.
Fortunately the break at the Umass Mullins Center occurred earlier in the afternoon rather than just before the basketball game at 7:00 PM, since the sprinkler system also goes down. And that would certainly void the occupancy permit.
AFD Engine 1 & Engine 4 Fisher Home Hospice Center North Amherst 2:05 PM
The Fisher House Hospice Center was also a concern since the power had to be shut down briefly while AFD did their investigation with that water main break.
AFD Engine 1 at 25-35 University Drive 2:20 PM
Jessie's House family shelter alarm also for broken water main. Plumber en route. AFD command terminated. #AmherstMA.
— Larry Kelley (@amherstac) January 4, 2014
AFD responding to UMass Life Science building for fire alarm and water activation alarm.
— Larry Kelley (@amherstac) January 4, 2014
Sunday: The carnage continues ...
AFD Engine 1 responding to Ginger Garden Chinese restaurant Rt 9 #AmherstMA for "cracked sprinkler head".
— Larry Kelley (@amherstac) January 5, 2014
3 comments:
Umass staff are also keeping busy tonight with water related repair and clean up issues in multiple buildings. From the information I've heard the new LSL building's sprinkler system went off and lots of expensive equipment and furniture got a very wet bath.
Wait until tempertures rise today and Monday. There will plenty of calls to AFD to respond to student rental housing throughout the town for water issues related to frozen pipes.
The leaks occur not when the pipes freeze but when they thaw -- the ice serves as a plug in the line it has broken, but when it melts....
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