Strength in Reserve (and Periodicals too): Microwave Popcorn Ban

This is a reminder sent out in response to the Wednesday night evacuation of the building.

Guide for use of microwaves:
Microwaves housed in the Libraries cannot not be used to make popcorn. (Approved by Libraries Leadership Council, December 12, 2002.)

Background:
In the past, one of our libraries had a building evacuation situation due to burned microwave popcorn. Smoke from the burned popcorn activated the alarms, staff and patrons had to evacuate the building, and the fire department arrived in full force. In another instance of burned popcorn, the alarms did not go off, but the disagreeable odor of burned popcorn lingered for a long time. Fortunately, the sprinklers were not activated in any of these instances, and the fire department did not back charge the libraries for the truck runs (which they normally do).

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