[EAS] a note of interest

[Marlin Jackson]

I'll bet you have the Diesel companies emergency number or maybe even the drivers cell number handy just incase. We also have numbers for the snow plow company for our less accessible sites. Now mountain tops are a different story. We have diesel to run at least 3 weeks although we never have ran more than a day.

 
Marlin Jackson, CSTE
Assistant Chief Engineer,
RF Systems
KXLY Broadcast Group
500 W Boone
Spokane, WA 99201
 
marlinj at kxly.com
509-329-4908
 
>>> Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> 1/10/2013 5:53 PM >>>
I will also suggest one check with the local fire and building code on
maximum amount of fuel permissible on site and minimum distances to
structures and set-backs. One of our studios has a very tight lot and
we're limited to 48-60 hours of fuel on-site (450Gal) due to the setback
from the property line, utilities, and to the buildings.  Everyone
agreed we wanted to have a 1000 gallon tank, but the reality is the fire
marshal emphatically said "no" given the surrounding residential area. 
This despite we're the only stations actually within in the City of
Chicago operating in a building we own with co-located transmitters for
two stations and a generator to run them.

MM

On 1/10/2013 6:51 PM, Tom Taggart wrote:
>   The studios for the metro station
> are in a house, with a full kitchen. Instead of a summer
> storm, the next emergency may be a blizzard--we can stock
> the kitchen ahead of time.
>

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