college safety
Each year, college campuses experience a growing number of fire emergencies.
It’s not surprising that alcohol and fire are a deadly mix. In fact, in 50% of fire-related deaths on campus, the victim has been drinking alcohol. Because alcohol impairs judgment, students are less likely to extinguish cigarettes properly, react to a fire appropriately, or evacuate as quickly as necessary.
Read these tips, adapted from the National Fire Administration and the Center for Campus Fire Safety, to play it safe at college this year:
- Understand your dorm’s fire evacuation plan. If you live in off-campus housing, make a plan and ensure all housemates know it.
- If you live off-campus, choose a house or apartment with automatic sprinklers and working fire alarms. Replace the batteries in your smoke alarms at the beginning of each semester.
- Evacuate a building any time you hear a fire alarm, even if you think it’s a fire drill. You have no way of knowing if a real fire has started.
- Do not overload electrical outlets.
- Never cover your smoke alarms.
- Put out candles and incense when unattended. Never leave lit candles near draperies, linens, or paper.
- Cook in designated areas only, and away from clutter.
- If a fire starts in a microwave, keep the door closed and unplug the unit.
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