Contra Costa County Grand Jury • 2009-2010

Sounding the Alarm a Survey of Fire Detection and Notification Systems in Our Public Schools To: School District*

Published: May 06, 2010 7 pages
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F2

Findings 5 findings

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and Recommendation: School District Governing Boards (Appendix I) Acalanes Union High School District Antioch Unified School District Brentwood Union School District Liberty Union High School District Mount Diablo Unified School District Oakley Union Elementary School District Walnut Creek School District West Contra Costa Unified School District Findings #5, #6 and Recommendations: School District Governing Boards (Appendix II) Antioch Unified School District Byron Union School District Canyon Elementary School District John Swett Unified School District Pittsburg Unified School District Contra Costa County 2009-2010 Grand Jury Report No 1005 APPENDIX I Non-Responding Schools Acalanes Union High School District Center For Independent Study Antioch Unified School District Antioch Charter Academy Antioch Charter Academy II Black Diamond Middle School Encore Home Schooling Brentwood Union School District Brentwood Elementary School Liberty Union High School District Heritage High School Independence High School Liberty High School Mount Diablo Unified School District Diablo Community Day School Horizons School Nueva Vista Summit School Pine Hollow Middle School Prospect School Oakley Union Elementary School District Delta Vista Middle School Gehringer Elementary School Iron Horse elementary School Laurel Elementary School Oakley Elementary School O'Hara Park Middle School Vintage Parkway Elementary School Walnut Creek School District Indian Valley Elementary School West Contra Costa Unified School District Delta High School Manzanita Middle School Middle College High School Contra Costa County 2009-2010 Grand Jury Report No 1005 West County Community High School APPENDIX II Schools with Manual Alarm Systems Antioch Unified School District Antioch High School Antioch Middle School Belshaw Elementary School Kimball Elementary School Park Middle School Byron Unified School District Discovery Bay Elementary School Canyon Elementary School District Canyon Elementary School John Swett Unified School District Willows Continuation School Pittsburg Unified School District Heights Elementary School Riverside High School Stoneman Elementary School Contra Costa County 2009-2010 Grand Jury Report No 1005
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Automatic Alarm Systems are fire alarms, sprinklers, and/or smoke detectors that automatically detect a fire and activate a campus-wide alarm. A connection is made electronically to a certified 24-hour supervising station at an offsite private alarm company or to a fire or police department. Some systems provide specific zone details to the offsite station. Of the 236 responding schools, 225 reported having automated systems.
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Sounding the Alarm Survey Results 4% 10% Automated 225 ■ Manual 11 No Response 26 Contra Costa County 2009-2010 Grand Jury Report No 1005
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Eleven schools reported having manual alarms, (Appendix II) • Three plan to upgrade their systems in 2010
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Of the eleven schools with manual alarms: Three have pull stations, smoke and heat detectors Three have pull stations and smoke detectors One has pull stations and heat detectors Four have only pull stations

Recommendations 1

Conclusions 2

No Responses Found 12

Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.

Acalanes Union High School District School District
Antioch Unified School District School District
Brentwood Union Elementary School District School District
Byron Union Elementary School District School District
Canyon Elementary School District School District
John Swett Unified School District School District
Liberty Union High School District School District
Mount Diablo Unified School District School District
Oakley Union Elementary School District School District
Pittsburg Unified School District School District
Walnut Creek Elementary School District School District
West Contra Costa Unified School District School District

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