Fire

[andydyson at actrix.co.nz]

Many thanks David.
Really appreciate the inventory which will help spur my memory when going
through what was in the cupboards.
Andy






> Hi all
> I can't find anything that NZIP has produced to help Andy - I have sent
> him
> my own inventory from many years ago.  If someone has produced a 'core'
> list
> of gear I'd be happy to place it on the NZIP site.
> Cheers
> David
>
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> andydyson at actrix.co.nz
> Sent: Sunday, 6 June 2010 9:14 p.m.
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> Subject: Fire
>
> Hi all,
>
> The burned out lab that you saw on the news was the one I have taught in
> at Kerikeri High School since the start of 2002. We also lost our main
> prep room and chemical store. A second lab and a couple of classrooms and
> a long computer room are also badly damaged.
> The fire brigade asked at 6.30 this morning what was in the chemical
> store. I reassured them that our radioactive sources were the tiny ones
> available for school use and comparable to smoke alarms. But we had
> mercury, a flammable liquids cupboard (which I later found out had
> exploded!), oxidising agents, acids and bases, flammable solids and
> poisons. The usual stuff that you would expect in a school chemical store.
> Our technician was a star. She arrived with a full list of what was there,
> with quantities, that she had on a flash drive at home. The school records
> were in the prep room and destroyed. (Hint: take a copy home!) Why did the
> TV3 news fixate on radioactive materials? I do think there's some sort of
> phobia!
>
> I had brought all this year's NCEA internal assessment stuff home on
> friday to go through it, along with my laptop and records. But last year's
> US that I am not using this year (but am/was still due to be moderated on
> 4 of!) have gone.
>
> ALL OF MY EQUIPMENT AND BOOKS HAVE GONE UP IN SMOKE!!!
>
> Insurance exists but I don't know yet whether the idea is to replace that
> lost gear (how much can I remember?) or to equip a new lab for senior
> Physics from scratch. I hope it's the second option. I'm sure that I have
> seen lists somewhere of all the gear that it would be sensible to have to
> teach senior Physics. Can anyone help with such a list as a situation such
> as this will require answers to be provided for my Principal asap.
>
> Anyone been here before and can offer advice?
>
> Please reply both to me and the list so everyone can see what is
> happening.
>
> Andy Dyson,
>
> HoD Physics, Kerikeri High School.
>
>
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