A. We should move this thread to a different forum as things in the Punching bag are deleted after a few days and I feel this topic may yeild some intersting background info for other folks in your situation.
B. Fire Marshals are actually only capable of citing fire code infractions. Most of what you describe falls under the purview of either an Electrical inspector,
OSHA, or the Campus Director or Office of
Safety.
This is such a tricky dicey area. I've worked in plenty of scary venues over the years < many of them in small towns in Oklahoma BTW > and dealing with Campus Beaucracy can be a real *****. You want a safe venue to work in, you should be afforded a safe venue, but as soon as you raise a stink Admin either shuts down the program shuts you up and shuffles you off. I've seen it happen several times. I like the campuses where only the Maintenance crews < janitors, and the like> can change lamps, move fixtures,
etc. because,"... it found to be too dangerous a job for the students."
I'd start with your campus Safety office, or the campus Maintenance department, they are responsible for maintaining a safe and up to coade facility, se if you can approach the head of that department , and request a walkthough with him < you know it's going to be a fat guy in a baseball cap, right ? > Try, when doing the walkthrough, to not sound whiny or flabbergasted or disdainful, but approach everything from a standpoint of " once this was considered OK but it's time to re-exam some basic new safety rules."
Hope this works out for you, Keep us informed of your journey.