Design all storage areas to minimum 3 hour fire rating. Equip all storage areas with ionization smoke detectors and automatic sprinkler systems. Insure all areas have portable fire extinguishes per NFPA Code. Compartmental rooms to limit fire exposure. Limit public access.
Personnel are security cleared, bonded and monitored by specific assignment schedules.
Sprinkler systems and smoke detectors audited by a certified outside entity. Full, all personnel, evacuation drills are held twice annually. Armed guards and other support personnel are on site on duty 24 hours a day 365 days per year. Tom is associated with and has given presentations to the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Association for Information and Image Management, Nuclear Information and Records Management Association and Association of Moving Image Archivists.