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City moves to inspect and monitor rec center fire alarms after citizen warns building lacks emergency voice evac system
Summary
A retired fire-safety project manager told Pearland City Council the Recreation Center lacks a required emergency voice alarm communication (EVAC) system; council later approved a $151,325 contract for citywide fire-alarm monitoring, inspections and repair services.
Pearland City Council advanced a staff contract and committed to follow up on a citizen warning about a potential life-safety gap at the city Recreation Center. John Jackson, a retired fire and life‑safety project manager, urged the council during public comment to ensure the Rec Center’s alarm system includes an emergency voice communication (EVAC) capability.
Jackson said the EVAC requirement appears in the International Building Code and International Fire Code editions used when the Rec Center was built and that Pearland’s ordinance reduced the occupancy threshold to 300 for the requirement to apply to existing and new buildings. "What is an emergency voice evac communication…
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