Hi all As those who were at the hackerspace last night will know, we had callout visits from the Fire Service on Tuesday eve. The callouts (automatic once the fire alarm is triggered) were false alarms caused by a room smoke sensor that most people now agree is over sensitive. It is unfortunately positioned directly over the nearby kitchenette where both kettle and microwave vapours set it off. It is possible that it can be moved but for the time being we are asking that nobody uses our nearest kitchenette for heating/cooking items. In accordance with this, all heating-related appliances that used to live there have been relocated elsewhere or stacked as storage.
Washing up and cold food prep can still take place at the near sink but please avoid using steaming hot tap water (just in case). For boiling your water, the building rep has since agreed to us using their kettle at the room's other kitchenette near the main room entrance. At that other area, the smoke sensor is farther away from the kettle so it should not be as much a problem. I am recommending we generally become more mindful of accidentally triggering those sensors, given we know just steam sets them off. Creating yet another false alarm will likely cause huge problems for all concerned. Kind regards, Ed 57North Hacklab Ltd. is a company registered in Scotland (No. SC470230). 57North and 57North Hacklab are trading names of 57North Hacklab Ltd. _______________________________________________ 57north-announce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-announce
