From:
Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] telephone requirement question
Date:
Oct 19, 2022 21:37 UTC
Reply-To:
Monona Rossol <actsnyc**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com>
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<610312153.748798.1666215473090**At_Symbol_Here**mail.yahoo.com>
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<002601d8e3fe$905be710$b113b530$@rochester.rr.com>
If you are an emergency service, you are supposed to have access to a landline since that's the only phone that will work in a major power outage. Also, there are things being sold as "landlines" that really aren't. We are talking here about phone that connects to a copper wire that wends its way to connect in the local transfer station. I had two for years, but now have one. It is not always easy to find a carrier who will also be able to repair your landline if something breaks along the way.
And when there was a major outage here in NYC, I was very popular since all the cell towers require current to run.
Monona
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From: pzavon**At_Symbol_Here**ROCHESTER.RR.COM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Sent: Wed, Oct 19, 2022 5:05 pm
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] telephone requirement question
If your landlines use an emergency number that is not 911, or is 911 but connects to a campus location instead of directly to the community 911 center, removing the landlines may require completely reworking your emergency call system.
Peter Zavon, MS, CIH
Penfield, NY
PZAVON**At_Symbol_Here**Rochester.rr.com
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> On Behalf Of Burgmeier, Sally
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 2:04 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] telephone requirement question
Is a personal mobile phone considered an adequate communication device for a worker in a chemistry lab or chemical waste storage area? My employer is considering getting rid of most of the landlines that we have in the labs, and I could not find a specific regulation on if landlines are required.
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