University of Georgia student dies in early morning house fire[CCFS Administrator] [January 3, 2012 9:16 pm ] [Views 155]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 231]
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 55]
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 279]
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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Arson hits 2nd Ohio University dorm in less than month - Lancaster Eagle Gazette [CCFS Reporter] [November 20, 2011 8:06 am ] Full articleArson hits 2nd Ohio University dorm in less than monthLancaster Eagle GazetteATHENS (AP) -- Authorities are reporting the second dormitory arson fire in less than a month on the Ohio University campus in Athens. The state fire marshal's office said in a news release that investigators have not ruled out a possible connection ...and more »
Kansas Board of Regents members ask about fire safety for students - Emporia Gazette [CCFS Reporter] [November 20, 2011 8:06 am ]
Full articleKansas Board of Regents members ask about fire safety for studentsEmporia GazetteAs a memorial project, students in the ESU physics and chemistry clubs plan to train student volunteers on how to inspect housing for fire safety and to raise funds to purchase smoke detectors for ESU students living off-campus. ...and more »
Firefighters call 3-car fire on CSU campus 'suspicious' - 9NEWS.com [CCFS Reporter] [November 20, 2011 8:06 am ]
Full articleFirefighters call 3-car fire on CSU campus 'suspicious'9NEWS.comFORT COLLINS - Just after 5 am Tuesday firefighters responded to a fire that started in one car and spread to two others. Nobody was injured. "I woke up to my car pretty much destroyed, with nothing left on it," Zach Rudd, whose Mercury Mariner was the ...
Fire prompts evacuation at OCC; no injuries reported - The Detroit News [CCFS Reporter] [November 20, 2011 8:06 am ]
Full articleFire prompts evacuation at OCC; no injuries reportedThe Detroit NewsSouthfield— An apparent electrical fire has forced an evacuation at the Oakland Community College campus in Southfield at Nine Mile and the Lodge Freeway. Part of the roof on the campus' new wing caught fire some time after 9 am, college spokesman ...
Fire burns through Berkeley apartment complex - KGO-TV [CCFS Reporter] [November 20, 2011 8:06 am ]
Full articleKGO-TVFire burns through Berkeley apartment complexKGO-TV(KGO) -- Lots of smoke billowed into the air above a Berkeley apartment complex as fire spread through it. The fire started in a building on Telegraph and Haste Street, just before 9 pm That is just south of the UC Berkeley campus. ...and more »
Inspectors Revisit Housing at UB - WGRZ-TV [CCFS Reporter] [November 20, 2011 8:06 am ]
Full articleWGRZ-TVInspectors Revisit Housing at UBWGRZ-TVBUFFALO, NY - City of Buffalo inspectors and University at Buffalo directors headed to an area of student housing that received numerous violations earlier this fall. Dan Ryan, director of off-campus student affairs, said, "We're coming back, ...