Editor’s note: Francis L. Brannigan had submitted this column, and others, before his sudden death on January 10.
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) rented an office building in Bethesda, Maryland. The Operational Safety and Fire Protection Division, my office, was among the divisions that occupied it. The exit situation was very bad. The developer had provided two exits as scissor stairs located in one corner of the building.1
I worked out a plan to separate the stairway accesses by partitions, which involved, among other things, an “Emergency Only” doorway through the men’s room.
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