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RETURN TO JAIL.
22NEWS IS LIVE AT OUR HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY BUREAU.
ALL UMASS RESIDENCE HALLS ARE
NOW PROTECTED BY SPRINKLER
SYSTEMS.
AND AS 22NEWS REPORTER ANARIDIS
RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINS, THE RECENT
UPGRADE WAS NOT ORDERED BY THE
STATE.
UMASS AMHERST HAS THE FIFTH
LARGEST ON CAMPUS HOUSING
COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY, BUT
MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR
RESIDENCE HALLS WEREN'T EQUIPPED
WITH SPRINKLERS UNTIL NOW.
THE SCHOOL VOLUNTARILY UPGRADED
SYSTEMS IN 31 RESIDENCE HALLS,
14 ALREADY HAD SYSTEMS
INSTALLED. THE $27 MILLION
DOLLAR PROJECT BEGAN IN 2005 AND
WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR. THE
STATE'S FIRE MARSHALL TOLD
22NEWS FIRE CODES ARE NOT
RETROACTIVE AND MOST OF THE
HALLS WERE BUILT BEFORE
SPRINKLERS WERE REQUIRED. THEY
ALSO UPGRADED SMOKE DETECTORS
WHICH NOW HAVE SPEAKERS. HALLS
WILL ALSO HAVE BRIGHTER EXIT
SIGNS AND STROBE LIGHTS.
STUDENTS AT "THOREAU HOUSE" SAY
THEY FEEL SAFER.
IT'S RIGHT OVER ME SO I FEEL IF
ANYTHING DID HAPPEN I'M A HEAVY
SLEEPER IF ANYTHING DID I'D JUST
BE COVERED IN WATER AND JUST
HEAD OUT. I FEEL A LOT PEOPLE
WILL FEEL MUCH SAFER IF ANYTHING
DOES GO ON IT'S HERE TO HELP US.
NEARLY $5 MILLION IN STATE MONEY
HELPED FUND THE PROJECT, THE
I FEEL A LOT PEOPLE WILL FEEL
MUCH SAFER IF ANYTHING DOES GO
ON IT'S HERE TO HELP US.
NEARLY $5 MILLION IN STATE MONEY
HELPED FUND THE PROJECT, THE
REST WAS FINANCED BY THE
UNIVERSITY. LIVE IN NORTHAMPTON,