FACILITY EMER PHONE (CRASH PHONE) OTS FOR 6 MONTHS.

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THE 'CRASH' PHONE LOCATED IN THE TWR WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE ARPT FIRE STATION AND VOLUSIA COUNTY ARPT OPS HAS BEEN OTS FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS WITH NO ESTIMATE OF A REPAIR TIME. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY PROB IN THE ASPECT OF WHEN THERE IS AN ACFT MISHAP; SECONDS ARE CRITICAL FOR THE SURVIVAL OF PERSONNEL AND SAVING OF EQUIP. AT PRESENT TIME NOTIFICATION IS VIA A SPD DIAL ON THE TELEPHONE SYS; A CONVENTIONAL TYPE PHONE WITH NO FACILITY WIDE ALERT SYS. THIS MEANS THAT CRITICAL TIME IS LOST ANSWERING THE SYS; NOTIFYING FIRE PERSONNEL (THIS MAY ALSO INCLUDE WAKING THE PERSONNEL UP) AND RESPONDING. THE BROKEN SYS HAD A FACILITY WIDE SPEAKER SYS THAT WAS ACTIVATED THE MOMENT THE TWR PICKED UP THE 'CRASH' PHONE. INFO REGARDING THE EMER WAS PASSED INSTANTLY TO ALL PERSONNEL WHILE THEY READIED THEMSELVES FOR THE RESPONSE. LCL EFFORTS TO HAVE THIS SYS REPAIRED HAVE GONE NOWHERE. THIS SYS IS MAINTAINED BY THE VOLUSIA COUNTY AVIATION DEPT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THE EMER PHONE (CRASH PHONE) WAS REPAIRED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE RPTR INFORMED FACILITY MGMNT AN ASRS RPT WAS FILED. RPTR ALSO STATED FACILITY MGMNT CHEWED THE RPTR OUT FOR FILING A RPT.