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Seven significant campus-related fires within three weeks across the nation

Three off-campus apartment fires kill three students, hospitalize 7
Two fraternities are destroyed by fires
One residence hall fire displaces 250 students for up to four weeks
One residence hall fire controlled by fire sprinklers. Students allowed back in within 2 hours.

New Campus Firewatch newsletter and web site to be launched in 2012! Read more.

Free resources to help teach fire safety to students with disabilities are now available. Online guide and videos. Read more.

Legislation to be introduced in Congress to provide matching grants for the installation of sprinklers More information

Questions to Ask

Campus Firewatch has published its annual Questions to Ask for parents and students that are looking for both on- and off-campus student housing. More Information

Fire Safety for Students with Disabilities

Review the resource library of reports and information available. This is a resource that will be growing and evolving.

Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

This legislation will provide a tax incentive for installing automatic fire sprinklers in off-campus housing (up to 50,000 square feet) and high-rise buildings. More

Listing of campus-related incident spanning 12 years published

This is the annual list publihsed by Campus Firewatch of campus-related fires, both fatal and non-fatal, sorted by state. Almost 500 pages of valuable information. 10 mb PDF

Losing someone you love

Barret Cohen talks about losing his brother, AJ, in an off-campus fire 10 years ago

Peter's Story

Peter Talen died in an off-campus fire in Madison, Wisconsin. Peter was attending the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse where he was very active in the theater arts and the University made this very powerful video about his life, his death, and the lesson to be learned.

Government Accounting Office releases report on Higher Education and Disability PDF 1.82 mb

Report on Fire Safety for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education

Report on fire safety for students with disabilities in higher education released by the Minger Foundation

Campus Fire Safety Capitol Hill Day 2011

Google News Feed - a feed of stories related to campus fire safety (not perfect - some non-related material pops up!)


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