Classes resume in Jenkins after leak

[I think the words "tragedy averted" just does not sum it up properly, but this could have been MUCH worse than it was! Read below...]

Jenkins Hall classes will resume Wednesday after Friday's carbon monoxide leak.

All classes in Jenkins Hall will meet at regular times and rooms Wednesday, Rosalyn A. Templeton, executive dean of the College of Education and Human Services, said.

Classes in Jenkins Hall have been displaced to other buildings since last Friday's carbon monoxide leak in the boiler room.

"The boiler has been repaired and a new boiler is to arrive in the next six days," Templeton, said. Mark Cutlip, Physical Plant director, said it is safe for students and faculty to return to Jenkins Hall.

"The carbon monoxide levels were low in the boiler room and were not even detected by the carbon monoxide detectors," Cutlip said.

The carbon monoxide levels in last Friday's leak were only detected by an air quality test. [THIS is why getting a good, low-level CO detector is so vitally important. They more than likely had one of those $20 or $40 ones you can find in virtually every hardware and grocery store. Check out www.transducertech.com for a good, accurate, low-level CO detector. Think about it this way...spend the money to get a high quality detector now, or be faced with problems like these over and over again, costing much more in the long run.]

Jenkins Hall does not have carbon monoxide detectors on its main floors.

The only detector is located in the boiler room, which would be the first place carbon monoxide would need to be detected, Cutlip said.

"That monoxide detector is monitored 24 hours," he said. "It can check the levels before monoxide goes up to the main floors."

Carbon monoxide detectors are installed in the newer buildings around campus because of safety and fire codes.