SVFD6
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New inspector looking for some advice and options with a possible sticky situation:
- Using 2006 IFC -
I have good info that the director of a local preschool has given me false documentation of evacuation drills. It started a few months ago when I asked for the records. The response I got was evasive like "Oh I'm learning how to use some new software, I'll get them to you when I figure it out." I say "Ok" and plan to follow up. A couple months later I have received records via email that claim several drills since this all started. To protect a source I'll just say the drills didn't happen, and hadn't for a while. Proper inspection and enforcement has never really happened here; small rural place, previous inspectors were part time at best and I imagine the school got complacent. There has been one actual drill very recently which is starting toward the goal of compliance with section 405. So rather than continue to be amazed at the audacity I am trying to sort my options. So the way I see it I could:
1. Let it go and hope things are peachy from here on.
2. Confront the director and say wtf, rant, rave, write 'em up, etc. This I fear could possibly endanger the livelihood of my source.
3. Confront the director and say that was bad, don't do it again. The source might still be affected.
4. Expose the deception attempt (what would that be called exactly, fraud?).
5. I thought about giving them a kick in the pants by walking in unannounced and pulling the alarm to watch what happens but figure that's not allowed under 104.3 without a warrant or permission.
6. Get a warrant and do the above?
7. What else?
Hope this doesn't sound like it should have been in the whine and cheese forum, just trying to remain objective and get you experienced officials' perspective on it. Mountain or mole hill? What would you do?
Thanks
p.s. I neglected to mention our little town is trying to step our game up lately and still have only the barest of policies and procedures about this kind of thing beyond chapter 1 in the IFC.
- Using 2006 IFC -
I have good info that the director of a local preschool has given me false documentation of evacuation drills. It started a few months ago when I asked for the records. The response I got was evasive like "Oh I'm learning how to use some new software, I'll get them to you when I figure it out." I say "Ok" and plan to follow up. A couple months later I have received records via email that claim several drills since this all started. To protect a source I'll just say the drills didn't happen, and hadn't for a while. Proper inspection and enforcement has never really happened here; small rural place, previous inspectors were part time at best and I imagine the school got complacent. There has been one actual drill very recently which is starting toward the goal of compliance with section 405. So rather than continue to be amazed at the audacity I am trying to sort my options. So the way I see it I could:
1. Let it go and hope things are peachy from here on.
2. Confront the director and say wtf, rant, rave, write 'em up, etc. This I fear could possibly endanger the livelihood of my source.
3. Confront the director and say that was bad, don't do it again. The source might still be affected.
4. Expose the deception attempt (what would that be called exactly, fraud?).
5. I thought about giving them a kick in the pants by walking in unannounced and pulling the alarm to watch what happens but figure that's not allowed under 104.3 without a warrant or permission.
6. Get a warrant and do the above?
7. What else?
Hope this doesn't sound like it should have been in the whine and cheese forum, just trying to remain objective and get you experienced officials' perspective on it. Mountain or mole hill? What would you do?
Thanks
p.s. I neglected to mention our little town is trying to step our game up lately and still have only the barest of policies and procedures about this kind of thing beyond chapter 1 in the IFC.
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