EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION

Campus Fire Zone Newsletter, September 2008 - A newsletter from the Center for Campus Fire Safety with articles, information and statistics. September is Campus Fire Safety Month - find out about activities and events that celebrate students return to campus for a fire-safe year.

Campus Firewatch Newsletter, May 2008 - Campus Firewatch Media Project; a fatal fire in off-campus housing in Ithaca, New York; an update on the Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act; and what you can do to participate in National Campus Fire Safety Month.

Campus Firewatch Newsletter, April 2008 - Campus Firewatch Media Project; To Hell and Back - People's Burn Foundation Educational Program

Campus Firewatch Newsletter, February 2008 - Smoke Alarms - What is the right kind? Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act passes the House of Representatives.

Campus Firewatch Newsletter, January 2008 - Explores a fatal fire in Clarion, PA.; planning for Campus Fire Safety Month 2008; takes a look at campus fire safety in 2007.

Campus Firewatch Newsletter, December 2007 - What Makes Millenials Tick? Information on Fatal Fires and Data Collection.

Campus Firewatch Newsletter, November 2007 - Three fires claim 4 lives in November; Monitoring student-related fire deaths; Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act; Guide to Resources available at Campus Firewatch.

Campus Firewatch Newsletter, October 2007 - Seven students die in N. Carolina; On the set with Campus Firewatch and the People's Burn Foundation; Help write the book on campus fire safety via Wikipedia

Fact Sheet on Campus Fatal Fires since 2000

People's Burn Foundation Campus Fire Safety Site

People's Burn Foundation Study - A Report on student attitudes of burns and fire safety

A Letter Home - brief PowerPoint presentation

Interactive Room Safety Tips:

Campus Fire Room Safety Tips

Fire Safety Video Links:

The Station Nightclub Fire - 2003: 12 minutes unedited footage shot by a local news reporter who was doing a piece on overcrowding in nightclubs. He had finished filming his segment, but started shooting again when The Great White band started playing. One hundred people lost their lives during this tragic event. VERY GRAPHIC CONTENT, MAY BE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBING.

Graduation Fatally Denied - 2003, 15 min: simulated student room fire started from a cigarette; shows the hazards found in the room, the onset of the fire,  the student's rescue by fire and emergency personnel.

Get Out, Stay Alive - 2001, 16 min: describes fatal fires in 3 fraternities with interviews with fire chiefs, friends and families of the victims; also gives prevention and emergency response information.

Ready to Respond - 1999, 12 min: made primarily for the college housing administrator, describes the importance of fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems and how they work; shows a simulated dorm room fire and hazards to maintaining equipment.

College Fire Survival 101 - 2002, 14 min: made for student staff, shows a fire starting in a dorm room and the sequence of events from alarm activation to evacuation with specific information and direction about what to do and how to prevent fires from starting.

Wes Fire Safety - 2005, 10 min: video made by WU Res Life staff with lots of "inside" jokes and almost accurate information.