Although the Complex II fourth floor would generally be unoccupied on
midnight shift, fire detectors/alarms have been installed throughout the
WWTP and are periodically checked. Complex II didn't have alarms? They
were disabled since conditions were normally so smoky and fumy in
there? Some workers at the complexes did have smoking habits based on
the trash in the stairwells there. When EMA started managing there was
an effort to keep the grounds clean and clear put in place - maybe this was
being adhered to but a smoker forgot to make sure the cig was completely
out before tossing it.

Before Bing became mayor there were health workers at the plant - there
was a plant clinic - they would check blood pressures and such, but they
were pretty much the first ones to go, in the pre-bankruptcy days, before
EMA came on board.

Trash would pile up next to the complex elevator when it wasn't working
which was fairly often. There would be a big trash takeout day from time
to time. Here is where staff cuts may have been a problem. Besides this,
even at full staff levels, plant cleanup was a difficult, dangerous, nasty,
and thankless job which was done at minimum levels. The plant layout
was not such as to make this work easier.