REQUEST FOR FIRE INSPECTION TEAM ASSISTANCE

S E C R E T LAHORE 000261

SIPDIS

OBO/OM/FIR

E.O. 12958: DECL: 9/4/2033
TAGS: ABLD ACOA
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR FIRE INSPECTION TEAM ASSISTANCE

CLASSIFIED BY: Bryan D. Hunt, Prinicpal Officer.
REASON: 1.4 (c),(g)

1. (S) Post requests OBO/OM/FIR send a team of cleared
Americans to inspect and repair Post's malfunctioning System 3
Fire Alarm.


2. (S) Over the past two months Post has experienced a series
of problems of increasing severity with the System 3 Fire Alarm,
the panel for which is located in the CAA.
-The audible trouble alarm is not sounding when the sensor
in the corresponding area overheats. Tenant agencies in the CAA
have been receiving notification from their home offices
(rather than via the alarm) when the areas are overheating
putting their equipment at serious risk.
-In July one of the line-end capacitors in RAO's office
space needed to be replaced when the alarms activated and could
not be turned off.
-A second tenant's trouble alarm appears to go off for no
reason at least once a month.
-During Post's last Fire Inspection (2007) there were two
deficiencies noted in the CAA area, including a ventilation
problem in the electrical closet that still needs to be
rectified by a cleared American.


3. (S) Post does not have any cleared Facilities Maintenance
(FM) staff and is supported by Embassy Islamabad for FM, however
there is currently a gap in coverage. Post requests a cleared
OBO/OM/FIR team to travel to post to inspect and repair the fire
alarm panel at the earliest possible date. The team must/must
have Top Secret/SCI access to work in the necessary areas and
the tenant agencies have agreed to provide escorts in areas
where needed. The work would need to be performed in CSA's
office, as well as RAO/ORA offices.


4. (S) Primary POC is Management Officer Anne Linnee
(LinneeAE@state.sgov.gov or LinneeAE@state.gov),additional POC
is Lenora Doyle.

HUNT