Tuesday, May 31, 2005

The price of ignorance.

The previous post talks about a bit of a flood...
My warehouse is located on the ground floor beneath a monsterous warehouse that has been vacant for close to 2 years. Apparently, there's been a bit of neglect to the fire supression systems..

Sometime prior to 8pm a fire sprinkler main burst in the upstairs warehouse. Security heard the fire alarm around 8pm and called the Security Big Boss, and was instructed to wait to see if the alarm would go off. (Who the hell trains these people?).
Just after 9pm an employee of the tenant two suites down heard dripping. Upon investigation, he saw the water dripping from the ceiling and called that businesses owner. The owner called the 'emergency contact number' for the landlord and got a recording. 15 minutes later and several calls unaswered, he called the landlords main office. He was greated with someone who did not know the location of our building. (Who the hell trains these people?) One the location of the building was established, the phones lit up.
All of the tenants were called, and finally, the FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Water was gushing from a 4 inch pipe for at least two hours.

Estimated damages to my business alone exceed 57 thousand dollars.
Not including man hours to clean and to account for all the damages.
Lost sales have not been figured into this either.

Who pays the price for ignorance?

P38Pilot
N21 19.190' W157 51.734'
(accurate to within 91ft)

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