RPI chastised by State Agency
We made the TU again today. Good work, RPI. All of the info from this post is from the TU’s article.
The Office of Fire Prevention and Control apparently wrote a letter to Troy Fire Chief Garrett which states that “the newly created plaza does not meet the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.” We published a story in January which explained that the Fire Chief made a claim that RPI had broken the law for having narrow paths in the new VCC plaza that was finished in December. RPI defended themselves by saying that they had lattice under the grass next to the paths which could hold up the fire truck.
Today’s article gives more credibility to the Fire Chief’s claims. Apparently, RPI plans to work with the city engineer to “develop a plan for modifications” in order to bring the new pavement within code.
Time for the editorializing: To be honest, we’re a little tired of this story. We’re tired of the “the engineers couldn’t figure out the fire code” jokes, and we want to be sure that our buildings are safe. This isn’t something that our administration should be risking. While Troy can appear very demanding at times (even malicious toward RPI), the state determines what really is safe — not RPI. So let’s make the changes and be done with it.
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The “engineers couldn’t figure out the fire code” joke is completely called for–this fiasco is totally shameful. RPI richly deserves every ounce of ridicule it is getting, and the people directly responsible probably deserve to lose their jobs.
RPI just fixed the paths. Troy needs to deal with it. When rules are unreasonable, they deserve to be broken. Drive a firetruck on the paths and test em! Without us, they would be NOTHING but a failed port city.