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<p class="MsoNormal">An act of significant vandalism to the Physics Research Building occurred in the late evening of December 29<sup>th</sup> nominally at or around 11:00 pm.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hallway safety showers on the fourth floor and third floor lab side central corridor were activated and left running for a period of time resulting in flooding of the adjacent areas.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Water seepage from these flooded areas penetrated to the second floor in some limited amount near the restrooms and east-west corridor with ceiling tile damage present.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition to activating the hallway safety showers, the individual also activated the fire alarm and removed a fire extinguisher from the second floor south stairway and threw it down the stairwell.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FOD custodial staff witnessed the individual leaving the building and reported to the police who quickly responded to the call.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Police and a research staff member from the department shut off the safety showers and performed a building wide assessment to verify all showers were no longer flowing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FOD custodial staff completed a water pick-up campaign and the majority of flooding was removed from the hallways and from some areas of labs where water passed under the doors by 12:45 am.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lab side occupants are asked to check their work areas for residual water and report any equipment or facility damage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Special emphasis should be paid to the following areas where known flooding occurred:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fourth Floor:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Corridor X416C running north and south near labs 4135 to 4121. A large group of lab equipment and related items stored in the hallway here have visible water saturation of boxes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Third Floor:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Corridor X316C running north and south and corridor X320C running east and west near labs 3131 to 3115 and labs 3105 to 3109. A large amount of water was removed from lab 3105 and 3109 and 3177.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Carpet in the south bridge and interactive space areas is very wet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Second Floor:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Corridor X215C running east and west near lab 2105. Seepage from 3<sup>rd</sup> floor saturated and collapsed a ceiling tile in the hallway in this area.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First Floor:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- No flooding found in initial inspections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Basement:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- No flooding found in initial inspections<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An arrest of a suspected individual has been made and a police report has been filed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Department expresses significant thanks to the FOD Custodial staff and OSU Police for a very rapid response and mitigation of a serious condition.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Department also expresses significant thanks to the research staff member who initially identified flooding, took immediate action to assist police with shutting off of showers, and helped coordinate clean-up.<o:p></o:p></p>
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