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Noise, but no notification

Nettle Creek School's fire alarm hooked to nowhere

It was recently discovered that if the fire alarm were pulled at Nettle Creek School in Morris, the fire department would not be notified.

"So if somebody pulls the (fire) alarm here, everybody gets out of the school, but nobody comes?" Board of Education member Ted Ergo asked District Superintendent Dr. Pete Pasteris.

Pasteris told Ergo and the rest of the board members that was a correct statement Monday evening at the board meeting. In the past, the only way the fire department would be notified of a fire at Nettle Creek is if someone picked up a phone and called 9-1-1 themselves.

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