by Nick Delgado

Guam - It's been nearly a month since the Guam Fire Department inspected the Department of Administration and Department of Education Building issuing a notice of hazard due to poor conditions. According to DOA director Benita Manglona, they are working on a draft invitation for bid, which she hopes to finalize soon and will hopefully meet requirements at the least possible costs.

"A lot of the citations there," Manglona told KUAM News. "There's really not much we can do about it, because it's just the nature of the facility; like for the extension lines, if we removed those, then the employees wouldn't be able to work."

She adds DOA is making as many improvements as they can with the least amount of money, but there's not much they can do in terms of fixing electrical wiring and leaks. The inspection was done at the request of the Guam Legislature with GFD finding exposed wiring, overuse of extension lines, emergency lights weren't operating and smoke detectors and fire extinguishers were outdated and expired.