University of Georgia student dies in early morning house fire[CCFS Administrator] [January 3, 2012 10:16 pm ] [Views 895]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 2:22 pm ] [Views 909]
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 1:48 pm ] [Views 479]
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 1:10 pm ] [Views 944]
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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Pa. Firefighters Tackle Fire at Apartment Building - Firehouse.com [CCFS Reporter] [March 30, 2013 9:03 am ] Full articlePa. Firefighters Tackle Fire at Apartment BuildingFirehouse.com... forcing University of Pittsburgh students to flee their homes through a heavy haze of black smoke. None of the tenants in the six-unit, 15-bedroom building on Zulema Street was injured, Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl E. Jones said. One firefighter ...and more »
Hazmat team called after fire at UAlbany site - Albany Times Union [CCFS Reporter] [March 30, 2013 9:03 am ]
Full articleHazmat team called after fire at UAlbany siteAlbany Times UnionEAST GREENBUSH – A hazmat team and firefighters were called in to help extinguish a fire at the UAlbany East Campus Friday afternoon, police said. The fire broke out Friday afternoon at 5 University Place, in a room containing hazardous chemicals.
Fire at Oakland apartments displaces two dozen, mostly students - Pittsburgh Post Gazette [CCFS Reporter] [March 30, 2013 9:03 am ]
Full articleFire at Oakland apartments displaces two dozen, mostly studentsPittsburgh Post GazetteMr. Matheny said he was in the center of campus, about a mile away from his home, when he received a call from his friend telling him that the building was on fire. That friend, 19-year-old Point Park University sophomore Carter Ellis, said he was ...and more »
Fire partially destroys Europe's oldest theatrical university in central Moscow - RT [CCFS Reporter] [March 29, 2013 9:03 am ]
Full articleRTFire partially destroys Europe's oldest theatrical university in central MoscowRTPart of the Russian University of Theatre Arts in the heart of Moscow has been devastated by fire. For several hours firefighter struggled to save the historic 18th-century building that houses the largest theatrical university in Russia. “The fire was ...Building of Russia's oldest theatrical university catches fireRIA Novostiall 2 news articles »
Building of Russia's oldest theatrical university catches fire - RIA Novosti [CCFS Reporter] [March 29, 2013 9:03 am ]
Full articleBuilding of Russia's oldest theatrical university catches fireRIA NovostiIt is unknown when exactly the roof and attic floor of the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS) went ablaze, but firefighters were informed at 22:50 Moscow time, when the flames have already engulfed about 300 square meters. The fire has quickly ...
ASU student arrested after 2 burned at party [] [March 27, 2013 10:16 am ] [Views 75]
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Tempe police arrested a 21-year-old Arizona State University student accused of throwing a bottle of liquor into a bonfire, which burned two people at a house party near campus.