Response Action:

1. Make initial assessment of the situation.
2. If warranted call 911 and report fire.
3. Evacuate complex.
4. Report to assembly point

Access:
There are doors at the north/west/east and south ends of the Test Lab. There are doors at each end of the trailers. All of those doors are marked as exit points. There is also a marked path to exit points in the Test Lab.

Exposure:
There is exposure to the EEL (Experimental Equipment Lab) building to the north.

Cautions:
Acids and flammables in the Off-Line and Production Chemical rooms. Acids and flammables in the Acid Storage Building.

Occupancy:
Administrative offices, computers, terminals, copy machines, welding areas, cryogenics equipment, machine tools, chemical rooms, clean rooms, an electron beam welder, magnets and componenets, Nb cavities and components, a scanning electron microscope, hand tools, vacuum equipment, rigging equipment, electron labs, and accelerator components. About 100 people work in these areas.

Construction:

Trailer:

These are standard 24' X 60' trailers with wood framing, interior wood paneling, exterior wood siding, and sheet metal roofing. The underfloor area is protected by a sheet metal skirting which may be partially removed for access.

Test Lab:

Concrete, sheet metal, steel according to local code.

Fire Protection:
At present, the Test Lab is protected by smoke alarms and area sprinkler systems. The alarms are audio and sprinkler systems are AGAT sensitive.

Loss Potential:
Loss of these buildings would have disastrous impact on fabrication and testing capability and create serious delays on the construction of CEBAF as a laboratory.

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