Residents of 3003 Van Ness have for a long time endured frequent fire alarms at 3003 Van Ness — mostly false alarms. The alarms have gone off both day and night, sometimes several times a week. While the situation has improved somewhat in recent months, a serious problem persists.

Last night, beginning at about 12:30 am, the fire alarms sounded constantly and then intermittently until after 3:00 am. There apparently was no Equity Residential employee on site at the 625-unit building to provide information to residents.

Because of the chronic fire safety issues at 3003 Van Ness, the tenant association sent a letter today to new General Manager Dan Burkes, asking him to take action to improve the situation. The letter was cc’ed to Equity Residential Senior Vice President Frances Nolan and to Equity Residential Senior Regional Manager Stacey Aguiar.