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New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control
The activities in this section were submitted by The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control in conjunction with the following campuses. Submitted by Paul D. Martin, Vice President of CCFS and acting chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention with the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control where he served as a principle architect of New York State’s nationally acclaimed Campus Fire Safety Program.
7/25/08 Culinary Institute of America – Hyde Park, NY
RA Academy
Residence directors and assistants will participate in fire safety training through classroom presentation, interaction with firefighters, civilian “combat challenge,” fire extinguisher training, and smoked corridor escapes. Presented and coordinated by the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control.
8/12/08 - Binghamton University – Binghamton, NY
Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day
In conjunction with Binghamton UniversityHealth and Safety and the Vestal Fire Department, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will provide comprehensive Fire Safety training to more than 200 residential life staff members. Training will include a fire extinguisher program using both classroom and live fire trainer, sprinkler demonstration s using a Fire Safety House trailer, evacuation drills in the dorms using smoke machine and culminating in live pod burn.
8/14/08 - Syracuse University – Syracuse, NY
Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day
In conjunction with Syracuse UniversityHealth and Safety and the Syracuse Fire Department, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will provide comprehensive Fire Safety training to more than 350 residential life staff members. Training will include a fire extinguisher program using both classroom and live fire trainer, sprinkler demonstration s using a Fire Safety House trailer, evacuation drills in the dorms using smoke machine and culminating in live pod burn.
8/14/08 Iona College – New Rochelle, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall.
8/15/08 SUNY Cobleskill – Cobleskill, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall.
8/15/08- SUNY Geneseo - Geneseo, NY
Student Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for students as it relates to their own personal fire safety behaviors. Attending students will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to live in a more fire safe lifestyle. Events will include hands on fire extinguisher training, sprinkler demonstrations and smoked corridor evacuations.
8/19/08 - Elmira College - Elmira, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall. This event will also include hands on fire extinguisher training and smoked corridor evacuations.
8/19/08 SUNY Plattsburgh – Plattsburgh, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall.
8/19/08 SUNY Old Westbury – Old Westbury, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall. This events will also include hands on fire extinguisher training and smoked corridor evacuations.
8/20/08 - SUNY Fredonia - Fredonia, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall. This events will also include hands on fire extinguisher training and smoked corridor evacuations.
8/21/08 Pace University – White Plains, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall. This events will also include hands on fire extinguisher training and smoked corridor evacuations.
8/24/08 SUNY Morrisville - Morrisville, NY
Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day
In conjunction with the campus Residential Life and Physical Plant Departments aided by the Morrisville Fire Department, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will provide comprehensive Fire Safety training to the SUNY Morrisville student body. Training will include a fire extinguisher program using both classroom and live fire trainer, sprinkler demonstration using a Fire Safety House trailer, evacuation drills in the dorms and culminating in a live pod burn.
8/25/08 Iona College – New Rochelle, NY
Freshman Orientation
Required for all freshman students, this training program presented by the New York State Office of Fire Prevention & Control will include classroom instruction in fire safety as it relates to the Iona campus. A special component will focus on off-campus fire safety issues as preparation for the eventuality of students moving out of college owned housing.
8/25/08 Paul Smiths College – Gabriel’s, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing classroom training for Residence Assistants related to their own personal fire safety and additionally providing educational and practical responsibilities in overseeing fire safety of the students they guide. Will also include hands on fire extinguisher training.
8/28/08 SUNY Purchase – Purchase, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall. This event will also include hands on fire extinguisher training, smoked corridor evacuations and use of a special fire safety house trailer will for evacuation training and sprinkler demonstrations.
8/ 27/08 - St. John Fisher College – Rochester, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall. This event will also include hands on fire extinguisher training.
8/29/08 Hofstra University – Hempstead, NY
New Student Training
Required for all freshmen students, this training program presented by the New York State Office of Fire Prevention & Control will include classroom instruction in fire safety as it relates to the Hofstra campus. A special component will focus on off-campus fire safety issues as preparation for the eventuality of students moving out of college owned housing.
8/29/08 Marist College – Poughkeepsie, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
Residence life leader training including a 30 minute lecture, evacuation drills through a smoke filled environment, hands on fire extinguisher training, and a dorm room mock-up/fire code violations exercise.
9/2/08 North Country Community College – Saranac Lake, NY
New Student Orientation
Fire safety education for all incoming students will be presented by the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. This classroom based presentation will relate to both those in the school’s limited on-campus housing as well as its large number of commuter student population.
9/11/08 Dutchess County Community College – Poughkeepsie, NY
Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day
As part of a large "Safety Day” event, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be working alongside the Fairview Fire District to provide a “firefighter combat challenge” and hoseline advancement. Of particular interest, is that the College's Fire Safety Club (from their Fire Safety Program) will be available and receiving credit for their participation. The fire safety house trailer and extinguisher trainer will be used for student education. In addition to the direct fire safety education to students, it is a good opportunity to impact young adults looking for careers in some facet of the fire service.
9/10/08 Siena College – Albany, NY
Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day
As part of a large "Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day”, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be part of a campus-wide event that will include the fire safety house trailer for sprinkler demonstrations and smoke evacuation training, a civilian “combat challenge” with turnout gear and rescue of a simulator manikin, hands-on fire extinguisher training, a live burn of a mock dorm room, and interactive fire safety education.
9/10/08 - SUNY University at Buffalo
Student Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for students as it relates to their own personal fire safety behaviors. Attending students will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to live in a more fire safe lifestyle. Events will include hands on fire extinguisher training, sprinkler demonstrations and smoked corridor evacuations.
9/16/08 - Alfred State College - Alfred, NY
RA Fire Safety Training
The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be providing training for Residence Assistants as it relates to both their own personal fire safety and that of the students they guide. Attending RAs will be provided educational materials and practical insight to help them prepare to carry out their practical responsibilities overseeing the fire safety in their residence hall. This events will also include hands on fire extinguisher training and smoked corridor evacuations.
9/25/08 Union College - Schenectady, NY
Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day
As part of a large "Campus Fire Safety Awareness Day”, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control will be part of a campus-wide event that will include the fire safety house trailer for sprinkler demonstrations and smoke evacuation training, a civilian “combat challenge” with turnout gear and rescue of a simulator manikin, hands-on fire extinguisher training, a live burn of a mock dorm room, and interactive fire safety education.
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With the help of the Roosevelt Fire Department, NYS Office of Fire Prevention, Residential Life Staff, Security Staff and Facilities; The Culinary Institute conducted a live burn demonstration for the students. Constructing two very similar mock dorm rooms they set them on fire to witness the speed, intensity and amount of toxic smoke generated from a dorm room fire. They wanted to impress on the students that they must evacuate immediately upon hearing the fire alarm. 
FIRST TIME FIRE SAFETY EVENT AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ... The mock dorm burn took place at 6:15pm. Participants in attendance included: City of Fairfax Fire Department, GMU Housing and Residence Life, GMU Student Health, GMU Drug & Alcohol Education, National Capital Chapter of the Red Cross, Electrical Safety Foundation International, Coca Cola Campus and GMU Police Department. We had Fire Extinguisher training, Life Safety Trailer (teaches fire escape and shows life safety movies), GMU Police Cadet program sign-up, Mason Alert sign-up, mock dorm room burn, and many other life safety-related activities.
