Dec. 18, 2014
Fire Alarm Reminder Community members are reminded that alarm systems in buildings at Support Site and Cappodichino don’t all send a signal to the Dispatch Center. If an alarm is activated, always dial the emergency number to report it. Housing occupants are also advised that activation of a smoke detector may not activate the building’s alarm. In that event, use the pull station in the hallway to activate the alarms. When alarms are sounding in housing buildings or any other facility, all personnel are required to evacuate and may not re-enter the building until given permission by the on-scene commander. To report an emergency, dial DSN 911 or 081-568-4911. Questions may be directed to the fire prevention offices at either DSN 629-4488 or 626-6626. Naples Receives Results from Radon Study NSA Naples recently received results from a year-long indoor radon monitoring study, which is part of an ongoing Navywide radon monitoring program. Radon detectors were installed in Navy facilities at Capodichino, Support Site, Gaeta, Carney Park, and Navymanaged buildings at Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Naples in Lago Patria. These detectors were placed in basements and ground-level indoor spaces inhabited, or that could be inhabited in the future, at least four hours daily. Of the approximately 1,600 pairs of detectors collected and analyzed, 24 were above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action level and require mitigation. No housing units tested exceeded mitigation action limits. Mitigation measures are being taken for the 24 sites above EPA action levels and will be re-tested once mitigation is complete to verify radon levels are below the EPA threshold. Approximately 200 radon detectors from the year-long study were not found and are being re-tested for six months. Those sites are currently being re-tested and will also be mitigated and re-tested if found to be above the EPA radon threshold. To view the sample results, visit the NSA Naples website at www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnreurafswa/installations/nsa_naples/om/environmental_sup port.html. For additional information, call the Public Works Environmental division at DSN 6266644 or 081-568-6644; or the NSA Environmental Health Officer at DSN 629-6299 or 081-811-6299. Other information sources about radon can be found at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website: www.epa.gov/radon; or at the World Health Organization website: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241547673_eng.pdf.