The local Fire Department also has adjured us to make fire extinguishers
visible and easy to get to in the Birthplace home.   The fire
extinguisher is in the kitchen area, within easy reach, and we also have
fire pulls at the front and back doors of the home.   When the home was
restored we also had to install a sprinkler system in order to be in
compliance.  I haven't had anyone complain that the extinguisher or that
the sprinklers are "anachronistic," and most people see them as a needful
thing.

O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
(views expressed are my own)

On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:33:43 -0400 Country Heritage Experiience
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>I would like to know how sites with historic buildings deal with fire
>extinguishers and the their local fire code. Our local Fire Department
>has
>informed us that we must have our extinguishers visible and at the
>exits of
>our historic buildings. Other historic sites get around having fire
>extinguishers visible, and I would like to get feedback as to how this
>is
>done without being in contravention of the code.
>
>
>
>Garth Dallman
>Site Interpretive Supervisor
>The Farm Museum
>formerly the Ontario Agricultural Museum
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