At 10:35pm last night, a heat sensor in the lower E-hall kiln room triggered a fire alarm. The Fire Department arrived at 10:42pm and deemed the school safe, allowing custodial staff to reenter.
“I came up [to the school] soon after, looking at the kilns, adjusting the hood and a vent adjacent to the kiln,” Principal Michael Dorst said. “It’s a new space and some of the items in there, the vent hoods, are different than the ones we have in the other pre-existing kiln rooms.”
This was the second fire alarm in the school over the past two days. However, the two events are not related. The alarm that triggered a school-wide evacuation on Tuesday was caused by a smoke sensor, while last night’s was caused by a heat sensor. Principal Dorst stated he is working with the Fire Department to ensure these sensors are functioning properly, especially in a high heat area like the kiln room.
