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Re: [DCHAS-L] Phones in research labs
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Jan 10, 2023 20:47 UTC
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As others are highlighting, having multiple options for communication in the event of an emergency is important. But, I don’t see this as an all or nothing question, that is, whether or not all labs should have phones. A reasonable middle
ground for labs is to install emergency phones in public corridors, away from the hazards, and in other areas where there is limited cell reception, or high hazards. Having a “landline” phone is likely not practical or necessary in every room in an academic
teaching or research laboratory setting.
Andy Glode, MS, CIH
Director, Office of Environmental Health and Safety
University of New Hampshire
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That's right. And I could even get my email running by using dialup services through the landline during this time. The frame for my land line is on 13th street.
So I had service. but I believe there was one other transfer frame that was damaged in lower Manhattan, and those phones were out.
I also own a beautiful fieldstone farmhouse in a valley in Wisconsin that gets extremely poor reception for cell phones or TVs. And there are no cable services way
out there.
In the past, all this was easy since they knew how to call the hogs and yodel.
Monona
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Phones in research labs
Yes. During 9/11, all cell phone service in Lower Manhattan was lost when the
twin towers fell, and only land lines were able to call emergency service (fire, police, hospital/EMT) personnel. Lesson Learned.
“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) …
David C. Finster
Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry
Wittenberg University
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