Montgomer County allowed a county owned bldg to be without a fire alarm for 2 months
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Anonymous
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And this only came to light because there was a fire in the building
https://x.com/bethesdarow/status/1744797251669487691?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ |
Anonymous
| So Montgomery county is a slumlord? |
Anonymous
| The quality of county government, in terms of actual service delivery, has really declined over the past five years. |
Anonymous
| Is there a regulation for government buildings to have working fire alarms? |
Anonymous
Absolutely. And, depending on the age of the public building, it is required to have fire sprinklers. Some of our oldest schools don't have fire sprinklers in MoCo. |
Anonymous
Federal buildings are exempt from state and local fire protection codes. I don't see why county government buildings would be any different. If they choose to comply with a standard, that's nice. However, since governments can self-insure, they don't have much incentive. |
Anonymous
| The county comes down hard on landlords (as they should) for not following the building codes. They should do the same for themselves. |