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Assembly rules committee raises alarm after building fire system was out of service

2109088 · January 10, 2025
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Summary

Committee members said the municipal building's fire alarm system has been inoperable since October; administration told the committee repairs are scheduled to begin Jan. 13 and staff will circulate emergency guidance.

The Anchorage Assembly Rules Committee was told Jan. 9 that the municipal building's fire alarm system has been out of service since October and that repairs are scheduled to begin Jan. 13.

The committee's chair, Christopher Constant, told members the branch only recently learned of a new operating procedure for fire emergency management that had not been communicated to the assembly branch. Constant said the building had been relying on manual announcements and security checks while the alarm system was inoperable.

The matter emerged during the chair's report.…

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