ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, November 29, 1996 TAG: 9611290096
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C7 EDITION: METRO
The following is a list of the high-rise college dormitories in Virginia that lack sprinkler systems. The list of dorms where all floors are accessible by fire department rescue ladders is based on best-case scenarios that assume ladder trucks could park at an optimum position beside the building.
DORMS WHERE AVAILABLE RESCUE LADDERS WON'T REACH TOP FLOORS:
MUSE HALL
Radford University
* 800 students
*13 stories (about 130 feet)
* 95-foot ladder.
TWIN TOWERS
Norfolk State University
* 440 students
* 2 buildings, 11 stories each (about 110 feet)
* 100-foot ladder.
FRAZER DORM
Longwood College
* 450 students
* 10 stories (about 100 feet)
* 85-foot ladder.
CURRY DORM
Longwood College
* 450 students
* 10 stories (about 100 feet)
* 85-foot ladder.
SLUSHER HALL
Virginia Tech
* 634 students
* 12 stories (about 120 feet) * 85-foot ladder.
DORMS WITH TOP FLOORS REACHABLE BY AVAILABLE FIRE LADDERS:
EAGLE HALL
James Madison University
* 434 students
* 8 stories (about 80 feet)
* 106-foot ladder.
BRANDON AVENUE HOUSING COMPLEX
University of Virginia
* 300 students
* 7 stories (about 70 feet)
* 110-foot ladder truck.
DUBOIS HALL
Hampton University
* 200 students
* 7 stories
* 105-foot ladder truck.
AMBLER JOHNSTON HALL
Virginia Tech
* 1,303 students
* 7 stories (about 70 feet)
* 85-foot ladder
O'SHAUGNESSY HALL
Virginia Tech
* 355 students
* 7 stories (about 70 feet)
* 85-foot ladder.
PRITCHARD HALL
Virginia Tech
* 1,024 students
* 7 stories (about 70 feet)
* 85-foot ladder.
LEE HALL
Virginia Tech
* 824 students
* 7 stories (about 70 feet)
* 85-foot ladder.
Total: 13 dormitories, 7,214 students.
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Sources: State Fire Marshal's Office, the colleges and universities and fire departments in Radford, Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Farmville, Norfolk and Hampton.
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