University of Georgia student dies in early morning house fire[CCFS Administrator] [January 3, 2012 10:16 pm ] [Views 897]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 911]
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 482]
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 949]
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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Fire Hits Off Campus House - Bloom U Today [CCFS Reporter] [December 1, 2012 11:15 am ] Full articleFire Hits Off Campus HouseBloom U TodayBloomsburg firemen had their hands full Thursday night when a blaze extensively damaged an apartment building at 239 Iron Street near Pine Avenue. The apartment is primarily student housing. The fire began in a first floor apartment with smoke coming ...
Amherst Town Meeting adopts bylaws to address student housing and ... - MassLive.com [CCFS Reporter] [December 1, 2012 11:15 am ]
Full articleMassLive.comAmherst Town Meeting adopts bylaws to address student housing and ...MassLive.comTown Meeting in recent years has adopted several bylaws aimed at rowdy student behavior – particularly parties involving University of Massachusetts students who live off campus. The bylaws ... The group, comprised of the police and fire chiefs ...
Fire in home shared by Lehigh University students still under investigation - Allentown Morning Call [CCFS Reporter] [November 29, 2012 9:12 am ]
Full articleAllentown Morning CallFire in home shared by Lehigh University students still under investigationAllentown Morning CallFire officials credited a Lehigh University student with rousing his roommates during a two-alarm fire early Tuesday in a south Bethlehem home. One student, 22-year-old Andrew Douglas, was burned on his hands and upper torso, Bethlehem Deputy Fire ...
Official: No injuries after small fire inside UM building in Ann Arbor - Detroit Free Press [CCFS Reporter] [November 29, 2012 9:12 am ]
Full articleOfficial: No injuries after small fire inside UM building in Ann ArborDetroit Free PressA small fire that broke out this evening in a sculpture studio inside the University of Michigan's Art and Architecture Building caused minor damage and resulted in no injuries, authorities said. Ann Arbor Fire Battalion Chief Robert Vogel said wax ...Small fire ignites at Art and Architecture buildingThe Michigan DailyStudent project may have caused fire in U-M North Campus buildingAnnArbor.comall 4 news articles »
Campus area apartment fire under investigation by police and fire officials - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette [CCFS Reporter] [November 29, 2012 9:12 am ]
Full articleChampaign/Urbana News-GazetteCampus area apartment fire under investigation by police and fire officialsChampaign/Urbana News-GazettePolice spokeswoman Rene Dunn said the occupant of the apartment, Austin Povilaitis, 22, a University of Illinois student in accounting from Edina, Minn., was allegedly cooking chemicals on the stove when the fire flashed. Povilaitis received minor ...One arrest made following fire on 100 block of East John Street; occupants ...Daily Illiniall 4 news articles »
Science lab fire burns Pa. students - USA TODAY [CCFS Reporter] [November 29, 2012 9:12 am ]
Full articleScience lab fire burns Pa. studentsUSA TODAYTwo students from Wilson Middle School in Carlisle were flown to the burn unit at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore after the fire around 11:30 a.m. ET, WHTM-TV says. Their conditions were not released. Five other students were treated at ...and more »