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' <br /> ._ . _.`. 's' '' . <br /> l')`L7:.� i <br /> �� <br /> I �--�`--� - <br /> c� <br /> CITV OF <br /> 2 <br /> everett � <br /> T0: LARRY CALLAl1AN SLDG. OFFICIAL �' <br /> � :9!i1 JPkE���i59�5���•' m <br /> El'CFCii \'il�:.IIIN!il!:V •• <br /> FROM: SAM PRESTON, ASST. FIRE MARSHAL '""'' ....-. <br /> ��ac nu<A,,.•i•„ � -,; <br /> DATE: JULY 6, 1983 v+ m <br /> � <br /> RE: MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING m o <br /> -i c <br /> 0 3 <br /> m <br /> The Medical Den[al Building in the 2700 block of Colby has some serious life = � <br /> aufety problema. These probleme are of an inherent design nar.ure. They are �" <br /> longetanding problems, bu[, nonetUeless, they are serious problems and must be �_ <br /> a -+ <br /> addressed. � _ <br /> .�., <br /> —� N <br /> This is a 3even atory b�il�.ng--probably Type II construction. The firat and � <br /> second atories are occupied by two separate bueinesses plus an elevator lohby � n <br /> a <br /> and a rear atairway. _�^ <br /> m� <br /> JC Penney occupies tlie ma�ority of the first two floors in the aouth part of o `^ <br /> [he building. Hall's Pharmacy occupiea a narrow atrip vhich opens in the � m <br /> front to (east) Colby Avenue, to a common entry with Penneys acd the rear 3 N <br /> stairway at the (west) alley access ard to the elevator/front stairway lobby = � <br /> -i r <br /> on the north. • �^ <br /> a <br /> A <br /> The problea here ie that separation between Nalls aid the front lobby is ,� <br /> glase. The separation between Penneys aid the rear entry is glass. In y <br /> reality, there ie no rated separation of eitlier means of egress from the upper Z <br /> -i <br /> floors. � <br /> N <br /> From the thSrd through the seventh floors, every corridot has been badly Z <br /> compromiaed by the additiion of vents in many of the corridor doors, tranaoms � <br /> over many af the corridor doors and the addition of glass panels in several � <br /> m <br /> entryways frnm corridor ta officea. <br /> The main ataixvay is enclosed from the seventh atory to the second, then <br /> empties into the lobry at the main entrance. The second stairWay is enclosed <br /> from aeventh to third floor where it empties onto the roof. Then across the � <br /> roof to anott:=r encloaed stairway which empties into the rear access area. <br /> This rear access is exposed to both Hall's and Penneys by glass panels. <br /> IN REALITY, THERE ARE NJ PROTECTED AREAS IN TI�IS BUILDING. EVERY FLOOR IS <br /> VERY VULNERALBL TO SMOKE AND FIRE. <br /> A fire in Hall's Pharmacy would jeapordize both exits in a very short time. <br /> _ � �.. �, N _ � <br /> �"�."�Y, t�t�.�i�.�.�;,.: . a .'::..F� r .f$�.��;'; l��4ut:'a,�d°;�f,. <br />