I have placed a sheet with "talking points" about the situation at Traditions this weekend. It's been added to the flip chart at the HA window desks. It is general information about the incident, please use this if you get parents or students with general questions. Anyone else that has more specific questions about their student's room or belongings you can send to Traditions. If there is an angry parent or student let me know and we can have them talk to Tom Rufer. Questions? Let me know!
Below are the talking points.
Around 9 a.m. today, a sprinkler head located in and serving the attic of Traditions Hall burst due to a frozen pipe.
· Three floors of the north wing only received water damage.
· Preliminary estimates are that fewer than 50 student residents and up to 12 rooms per floor (36 overall) may be impacted.
· The south wing of the building is unaffected and continues to be habitable. Students living in this part of the residence hall were permitted to return to their rooms.
· Power and water to the building were temporarily shut down. Both already have been restored to south wing.
· A restoration crew is removing standing water in the building.
· Utilities will be restored to the north wing once the water is removed, and unaffected students residing that wing will be permitted to return to their rooms.
· UNT administrators and housing and facility staff members are on the scene aiding residents.
o Housing is working individually with displaced residents to recover necessary clothing and personal items and to locate temporary housing.
o UNT will accommodate all impacted students who seek to remain on campus. Displaced students will be offered temporary housing in other university residence halls (some halls have vacancies).
o Some affected students whose permanent residences are in the DFW area appear to be seeking shelter at home.
· The sprinkler system will be shut down until the entire system can be tested and repaired on Monday. The fire alarm system was unaffected and is operational, and the building has been placed on a fire watch (frequent tours of the facility to ensure safety).
· The full extent of the damage isn’t yet known.
Tanya
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