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BREAKING NEWS
Student from Hanover seriously injured in Hampden-Sydney fire - Richmond Times Dispatch [CCFS Reporter]  [Today 5:14 am ]  arrow Full article

International Business TimesStudent from Hanover seriously injured in Hampden-Sydney fireRichmond Times DispatchA Hampden-Sydney College student seriously burned in a campus residence fire early today was identified by a school spokesman as Kirk Rohle, 20, of Mechanicsville. Rohle, who played football for the college, suffered serious but non-life threatening ...Hampden-Sydney College Fire: Two Students Badly Burned, Football Champions ...International Business Timesall 6 news articles »


2 students burned, 1 seriously, in fire at Hampden-Sydney College - Richmond Times Dispatch [CCFS Reporter]  [Yesterday 5:04 am ]  arrow Full article

WDBJ72 students burned, 1 seriously, in fire at Hampden-Sydney CollegeRichmond Times DispatchThe fire is among the worst in the Prince Edward County area since March 2007, when an apartment fire in Farmville took the lives of a Longwood University senior and a friend visiting from the Albemarle County area. A 21-year-old junior from Oak Hill, ...Hampden-Sydney College student suffers burns in campus residence fireThe Republicall 17 news articles »


UPDATE: Hampden-Sydney student seriously injured in campus fire - Richmond Times Dispatch [CCFS Reporter]  [Yesterday 5:04 am ]  arrow Full article

WDBJ7UPDATE: Hampden-Sydney student seriously injured in campus fireRichmond Times DispatchA Hampton-Sydney College student seriously burned in a campus residence fire early today was identified by a school spokesman as Kirk Rohle, 20, of Mechanicsville. Rohle, who played football for the college, suffered serious but non-life threatening ...WTVR.com StaffWDBJ7Hampden-Sydney College student suffers burns in campus residence fireThe RepublicHouse Fire Injures Two, But Some Say Could Have Been WorseWSETall 17 news articles »


Three dead after off-campus fire - YNN Hudson Valley [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

Three dead after off-campus fireYNN Hudson ValleyPOUGHKEEPSIE, NY -- Three people are dead after a house fire in the town of Poughkeepsie. It happened early Saturday morning on Fairview Avenue at a house rented by Marist Students. Police said the fire claimed the lives of two females that were both ...


Students leap from upper floor of Allston building to escape fire; one ... - Boston.com [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

BU TodayStudents leap from upper floor of Allston building to escape fire; one ...Boston.comBy Alexander C. Kaufman, Globe Correspondent A Boston University student was critically injured yesterday after he and another person leaped from an upper floor window in a three-story house engulfed by flames in Allston, according to a fire official ...7 BU students hurt in Allston home blazeBoston HeraldAllston Blaze Sends Seven Students to HospitalBU Today7 Allston Residents Displaced From Morning BlazeWicked LocalNECN -WHDH-TVall 21 news articles »


WCVB: Brookline fire victim tells of dramatic rescue from staircase - Wicked Local [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

WCVB: Brookline fire victim tells of dramatic rescue from staircaseWicked LocalUsually, if she's not at class studying for her global business degree at Suffolk University, she's helping to run a spa on Newbury Street. “I woke up to the fire alarm and thought my roommate was cooking and burning breakfast or something,” Wheeler ...Fire Victim Tells Of Miraculous RescueWCVB-TVall 3 news articles »


Boston U. students hurt in off-campus house fire - Boston.com [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

BU TodayBoston U. students hurt in off-campus house fireBoston.comBOSTON—Authorities say seven Boston University students have been injured after a fire destroyed their rented off-campus home. Boston Fire Department officials say one student was critically injured after leaping from the upper floor of the Allston ...7 BU students hurt in Allston home blazeBoston HeraldAllston Blaze Sends Seven Students to HospitalBU Todayall 21 news articles »


Marist's day of mourning: Vigils held for 3 killed in off-campus house fire - Poughkeepsie Journal [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

GothamistMarist's day of mourning: Vigils held for 3 killed in off-campus house firePoughkeepsie JournalMarist College students light candles Sunday evening at the end of Mass in memory of the 3 people that died in an off-campus fire. / Darryl Bautista/Poughkeepsie Journal Katherine Bilsky thought she would start her first full week of spring semester ...Commack Woman Reportedly Dies in Off-Campus Fire Near MaristPatch.comTwo Marist College Students, Plus Friend, Killed In Off-Campus FireGothamist2 Marist students, friend killed in off-campus fireThe Journal News | LoHud.commyfoxny.com -YNN Hudson Valleyall 429 news articles »


Long Island college student Kerry Fitzsimons, 21, among three killed in fire ... - New York Daily News [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

New York Daily NewsLong Island college student Kerry Fitzsimons, 21, among three killed in fire ...New York Daily NewsA Long Island college student was one of three people killed in a fire that ripped through an off-campus home near Marist College in upstate Poughkeepsie. The family of Kerry Fitzsimons, 21, of Commack, LI, is struggling to comprehend the tragedy that ...


3 Dead in Fire at NY House Rented by Students - ABC News [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

3 Dead in Fire at NY House Rented by StudentsABC NewsA fire tore through a private home being rented by Marist College students near campus early Saturday morning, killing three people, authorities said. The victims were identified as two female Marist students in their early 20s and one male, ...


Students, alumni use Twitter for news - Poughkeepsie Journal [CCFS Reporter]  [January 23, 2012 10:04 am ]  arrow Full article

Students, alumni use Twitter for newsPoughkeepsie JournalSchool spokesman Greg Cannon said particularly given the circumstances surrounding the fire — the fact it happened off school grounds on a nonschool day, when students and faculty weren't centrally located on campus — the use of Twitter, for example, ...


Update Fire in Poughkeepsie claims 3 lives [CCFS Administrator]  [January 21, 2012 7:35 pm ]  [Views 37]arrow Full article

BREAKING NEWS

Fire in Poughkeepsie claims 3 lives.

UPDATE:  January 21, 2012 …. An early-morning fire at a house near Marist College Saturday has left at three dead and four others with smoke inhalation, authorities said.

In a press conference held Saturday afternoon, Poughkeepsie Police confirmed that two female students from nearby Marist College and a male in his 20s died in the fire. Police said that the male victim was not a student. Four others escaped from the house with smoke inhalation, and were treated and released from the hospital.


Fatal Fire in Poughkeepsie [CCFS Administrator]  [January 21, 2012 4:26 pm ]  [Views 30]arrow Full article

Fire in Poughkeepsie off-campus housing facility claims the life of local student.

January 21, 2012  … The fatal fire in Poughkeepsie, New Your broke out this morning around 1:30am in a single family home that was converted to off-campus housing.  The charred remains of the house at 112 Fairview Ave. have been bulldozed, hours after the house fire claimed at least one and possibly more lives.

Seven (7) students were in the home when the fire started, 4 escaped, 1 fatality is confirmed, and others are not yet confirmed.  Names and additional details have not yet been disclosed however we know one fatality was a student at Marist College.

 


University of Georgia student dies in early morning house fire [CCFS Administrator]  [January 3, 2012 9:16 pm ]  [Views 128]arrow Full article

University of Georgia student dies in early morning house fire

January 1, 2012 … A student from the University of Georgia, and three members of her family died December 28, when their home caught fire. Susannah Maxine Davis, 19, her sister Haley Morea Davis, 17, and her parents Mary Wendi Davis and Edmund Russell Davis died when a blaze broke out in their home at 5 a.m.


UGA student dies in early morning house fire - Red and Black [CCFS Reporter]  [December 31, 2011 9:30 am ]  arrow Full article

WXIA-TVUGA student dies in early morning house fireRed and BlackBy Staff reports on December 28, 2011 A University student and three members of her family died when their house caught fire Wednesday morning in Bulloch County. UGA student Susannah Maxine Davis, 19, her sister Haley Morea Davis, 17, and her parents ...Bulloch Co. house fire victims identifiedWMBFUGA student among 4 killed in Bulloch Co. fireWXIA-TVall 23 news articles »


CCFS partners with Campus Safety Magazine to distribute Survey [CCFS Administrator]  [December 14, 2011 1:22 pm ]  [Views 203]arrow Full article

The Center for Campus Fire Safety is pleased to partner with Campus Safety Magazine to conduct a brief survey on the state of fire prevention and detection at U.S. universities, schools and hospitals. All individuals who are involved in campus fire safety are encouraged to participate.


CCFS works with Inside Edition [CCFS Administrator]  [December 14, 2011 12:10 pm ]  [Views 253]arrow Full article

CCFS President, Paul D. Martin and Director Tim Knisely worked with Inside Edition to produce the following story about college housing and fire safety.   Inside Edition ... To show just how fast a fire can rip through a college room, the New York Office of Fire Prevention and the Center of Campus Fire Safety set up a demonstration and burned down a mock dorm room at the University at Albany. Students looked on in awe as everything was destroyed in just minutes.