From:
Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject:
Re: [DCHAS-L] Phones in research labs
Date:
Jan 10, 2023 18:40 UTC
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Monona Rossol <actsnyc**At_Symbol_Here**CS.COM>
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In an area power outage, your cell phones are all trash. The cell towers are down. So a good old copper wire phone or radio transmitter with a generator is usually needed somewhere. I dealt with this in the NYC 3-4 day power outage 2003 and again briefly during Sandy. We were very popular in our neighborhood when people needed to contact relatives.
Monona
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Phones in research labs
There is no specific code requirement for phones but all codes do require an emergency reporting system. That can be the fire alarm or similar pull station system. That being said most new labs still require phones but use VOIP to avod have t run the phone lines. I am sure you could achieve the same functionality with cell phones but you would need to ensure everyone has one (company provided?), there are no dead spots, who do they call, and a bunch of similar but solvable questions.
Richard Palluzi
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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> On Behalf Of David C. Finster
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 6:38 AM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Phones in research labs
A colleague asked:
“My safety question is whether research labs are required to have phones? This used to be a requirement for safety reasons, but it is less clear in these days of ubiquitous cell phones. Our university is switching phone systems and I'm being asked whether we still need these phones in the research labs.”
Best answer is… (you fill in the blank) …
Dave
David C. Finster
Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry
Wittenberg University
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