University of Georgia student dies in early morning house fire[CCFS Administrator] [January 3, 2012 9:16 pm ] [Views 173]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.
CCFS partners with Campus Safety Magazine to distribute Survey[CCFS Administrator] [December 14, 2011 1:22 pm ] [Views 249]
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 NFPA on Cooking Fire Safety[CCFS Administrator] [December 14, 2011 12:48 pm ] [Views 58]
CCFS Director, Kevin McSweeney, CFPS/CFS II represented The Center for Campus Fire Safety in an NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation program to improve cooking fire safety.
CCFS works with Inside Edition[CCFS Administrator] [December 14, 2011 12:10 pm ] [Views 296]
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.
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Brown Introduces Fire Safety Bill Named in Honor of Stephanie Tubbs Jones
[CCFS News Reporter] [October 16, 2009 5:48 pm ] [Views 1537]
Brown Introduces Fire Safety Bill Named in Honor of Stephanie Tubbs Jones, October 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced the introduction of The Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act of 2009. The late Congresswoman Tubbs Jones introduced the College Fire Prevention Act in each of the last four sessions of Congress and passed a resolution regarding Campus Fire Safety Month. Companion legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), Tubbs Jones’ successor in Congress.
“We owe it our college students and to Stephanie to invest in fire prevention and suppression technologies,” Brown said. “This legislation will improve the safety of Ohio’s student housing and will prevent deaths. Stephanie was a champion of fire safety and a voice for young people. This legislation honors her legacy by protecting Ohio students.”
The Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act establishes an incentive program within the Department of Education (DOE) to promote the installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing or dormitories. The program will provide competitive matching grants that will fund up to half of the installation costs and priority will be given to applicants that demonstrate the greatest financial need. The legislation would reserve at least 10 percent of the funds in grant program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other minority-serving institutions and at least 10 percent of the funds for fraternities and sororities.
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