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TVC Fire Alarm evacuation

(September 2003)

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Aston
Some of you may be interested to know that a fire alarm just went off in TVC.

We had to evacuate our studio 3 mins before going live with Xchange.

An emergency tape went out, but all's been sorted now and people have been allowed back in out of the pouring rain...
:-(
A former member
Do you work there then?
AS
Aston
mikey posted:
Do you work there then?


Oh, keep up!

I can't say "yes" without people like RTS having a go at me (obviously posting here I should pretend I don't), but yes I do...
RT
rts Founding member
Aston posted:
mikey posted:
Do you work there then?


Oh, keep up!

I can't say "yes" without people like RTS having a go at me (obviously posting here I should pretend I don't), but yes I do...

Only because you were being a tosser! I refrained from doing so Wink
:-(
A former member
Why do they have to put on tapes when things like this happen?

The BBC has so many studio locations that you think someone might be able to go on air from a different place, explain the situation, and try to improvise the show as best as possible. Sort of like what they did during the power outage in 2000.
CO
Corin
Is it just me and false impressions, or are there many more incidents of alarms, evacuations, and fires, occuring on a regular basis nowadays, than there ever used to be during the previous millenium at the BBC TV Centre?
NE
Noelfirl
Corin posted:
Is it just me and false impressions, or are there many more incidents of alarms, evacuations, and fires, occuring on a regular basis nowadays, than there ever used to be during the previous millenium at the BBC TV Centre?


That would probobaly be due to the IRA bomb, wouldn't it?
RT
rts Founding member
Is there actually a fire, or is it a drill/accident.
AS
Aston
Phileas Fogg posted:
Why do they have to put on tapes when things like this happen?

The BBC has so many studio locations that you think someone might be able to go on air from a different place, explain the situation, and try to improvise the show as best as possible. Sort of like what they did during the power outage in 2000.


Because you can't just have a stand-by crew and studio ready all day every day incase something goes wrong in a studio somewhere. It's just not practical.
RT
rts Founding member
Was there actually a fire or was it a drill/false alarm in the end.
AS
Aston
RTS posted:
Was there actually a fire or was it a drill/false alarm in the end.


Well we've been allowed back in and we've not heard anything to suggest that there was actually a fire.
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
RTS posted:
Was there actually a fire or was it a drill/false alarm in the end.

Honestly, TV Centre is a big place, how will he know if it was an actual fire or not ?

I'd just tell Rod that Moira Stewart's hair was on fire due to excessive use of hair spray just to keep him happy.

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