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Halon dump
Have any of you ever had an accidental Halon dump? This morning a
technician servicing our fire system pulled a switch he shouldn't have,
and Halon came out of a nozzle in our vault at an incredible speed. The
vault is now a disaster area with a blizzard of brittle paper scraps
blown several yards across the floor and up five shelves high;
ripped-out pages of books; hollinger boxes and contents tumbled from
shelves; and even dislodged shelves. Fortunately there were no human
beings in the vault. We haven't started clean-up yet, so don't know if
highly-valuable or irreplaceable items are damaged beyond salvage.
Any advice from others who have experienced such a disaster? Are people or
materials at risk as a result of the Halon escape?
Many thanks.
Nancy Boothe
University Archivist/Head of Special Collections
Rice University
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