CCFS News

THE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY SUPPORTS FEDERAL BILL TO HELP ENSURE QUALITY PROTECTION FROM THE SILENT KILLER [CCFS Administration]  [August 4, 2010 10:32 am ]  [Views 177] full article

THE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY SUPPORTS FEDERAL BILL TO HELP ENSURE QUALITY PROTECTION FROM THE "SILENT KILLER" ... Act Builds on Momentum of States to Pass Laws Requiring CO Alarms.

Newburyport, MA August 4, 2010 – Approximately every nine minutes, a fire department in the U.S. responds to a residential carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.  Now, the U.S. House of Representatives has taken a major step to expand protection by passing the “Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act.” 

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College fire prevention bill passes U.S. House[CCFS Reporter]  [May 25, 2010 6:37 am ]  [Views 0] full article

A bill allowing the secretary of education to make grants foruniversities to install fire suppression technology passed the U.S.House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to a news releasefrom Rep. John Shimkus , R-Collinsville.

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The Center for Campus Fire Safety announces new partnership with Fire Engineering Magazine[CCFS Administration]  [March 29, 2010 7:08 am ]  [Views 660] full article

 

March 29, 2010 … Newburyport, Massachusetts, The Center of Campus Fire Safety (CCFS), is pleased to announce its new partnership with PennWell Publishing’s Fire Engineering. This new venture will integrate CCFS into multiple levels of Penwell’s fire safety stable: the FireEngineering.com website; pod casts of various campus related issues; Fire Engineering Magazine and the unparalleled FDIC Conference. 

“I am excited and honored to announce this partnership with Fire Engineering,” said Paul D. Martin, President of the Center for Campus Fire Safety, “I have been an avid reader of Fire Engineering (FE) and practitioner of the lessons presented in its pages for more than 30 years. FE is truly a leader in the fire service education arena. ”

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CCFS Speaks Out About Reducing False Fire Alarms[CCFS Administrator]  [January 15, 2010 11:14 am ]  [Views 995] full article

Jan/Feb 2010 ... 7 Steps to Reducing False Fire Alarms
Education, technology, regular maintenance and the appropriate discipline of pranksters are just some of the ways you can begin to address this problem.
- by Robin Hattersley Gray
The results of Campus Safety magazine's annual fire survey are in, and once again, false/nuisance alarms continue to be a thorn in the sides of university, school and hospital protection professionals. Nearly half (47 percent) of survey respondents indicated that false alarms are among their four biggest fire safety challenges.

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