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31-B28 — Fire Pump Room F-19

Exit achieved
Log ID
31-B28
Designation
Fire Pump Room F-19
Primary anomaly
Discharge pressure independent of impeller / slope reversal / delayed vibration / residual flow without discharge
Status
Exit achieved
Date recovered
2026-09-03
Source file
31-B28 Fire Pump Room F-19

THRESHOLD COMPLEX EXPLORATION LOG

Designation / Log ID: 31-B28

Apparent Date/Time: 03 September 2026 / 08:47 (local) — secondary stamp reads 03:19 22 November 1984

Entry Method: Double door set marked “F-19 FIRE PUMP ROOM – AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY”. Exterior door width measures 1.12 m. Interior door width measures 0.97 m on entry and 1.21 m on exit.

Environmental Baseline

Lighting: fluorescent tubes, color temperature measured at 3850 K. Intensity constant at 94 lux.

Ambient temperature: 22.4 °C. Humidity: 61 %.

Background sound: continuous pump motor hum at 61 Hz. Baseline reading 34 dB.

Air movement: steady. Barometric pressure 1012.1 hPa on entry; 1005.8 hPa after 8 m of travel.

Spatial Observations

Room estimated 14 m long by 9.2 m wide by 4.1 m high. Laser measurement returns 11.7 m long by 10.8 m wide by 3.4 m high.

Floor: sealed concrete with red equipment zone markings. Line width measures 0.12 m. Pattern remains fixed after three traversals.

Walls: painted concrete. Paint thickness measures 0.4 mm. Surface remains uniform under repeated contact.

Ceiling: exposed structural steel with four recessed light fixtures. Fixture count remains four after four visual inventories.

Repeating motif: every 3.1 m a pressure gauge cluster is mounted on the west wall. Gauge faces measure 0.15 m diameter. Needle positions are identical across all clusters.

Anomalies

Visual inventory of fire pumps returns 3. Physical inventory returns 3. Discharge pressure measures 0 kPa while calculated system head across the same pumps equals 420 kPa.

Floor remains level under spirit level. Measured water film on the lower wall panels slopes 2.3° toward the north wall. Slope reverses after 6 minutes of continuous observation without change in physical orientation.

Room pressure measures 1012 hPa while the external door indicator reads 1008 hPa. Seal integrity lights remain green.

Sound of pump vibration arrives 2.4 seconds after the corresponding floor vibration is detected. Delay increases by 0.31 s for every additional 1.8 m of distance from the entry doors.

Humidity at mid-room remains 61 % while condensation forms on the pump casings after 4 minutes of observation. Condensation evaporates without measurable change in local humidity.

Local magnetic field strength measures 0.8 gauss at floor level and 1.9 gauss at 1.6 m height. Field direction reverses after 9 minutes without change in room state.

Pump impeller rotation measures 0 RPM while residual flow rate at the discharge header decreases by 0.7 L/min over 8 minutes.

Entity Notes

None observed.

At the 5.4 m mark a localized temperature drop of 4.1 °C occurs across a 1.6 m radius. Drop persists for 14 seconds then collapses. No visible source or airflow change accompanies the event.

Exit / Continuity Status

Exit achieved by retracing path through the double door set. Exterior release required moderate force.

Exterior time on exit: 09:31 local. Elapsed interior time: 44 minutes.