Good Morning to all.
Over the past few weeks (since we started having some consistant e-mail
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The digest is send out daily or every few days depending on how busy the
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>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:14:33 -0500
>From: Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: OHIOFIRE Digest - 20 Jan 2000 to 24 Jan 2000 (#2000-15)
>MIME-version: 1.0
>
>There are 13 messages totalling 1383 lines in this issue.
>
>Topics of the day:
>
> 1. AP story on Ignoring Fire Alarms (2)
> 2. Additional Seton Hall info.
> 3. Fatal fires involving student housing
> 4. AP Story on residence hall sprinkler systems and smoking
> 5. Fire at Heidelberg College - Ohio
> 6. dorms-fires (2)
> 8. RA training programs (4)
> 9. New Mexico Dorm Fire
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:44:19 -0500
>From: Randy Horman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: AP story on Ignoring Fire Alarms
>
>Ignoring alarms, real or false, is common
>
>
>January 20, 2000
>
>
>
>(AP) -- Julie Reynolds can't remember what she
>ate, or the name of the New York restaurant where it happened. Years
>after a fire alarm interrupted her meal, what sticks in her mind is the
>dumbstruck look of diners peering up from their plates as she and her
>companions fled. It turned out there was no fire. But Reynolds, a
>spokeswoman for the National Fire Protection Association, was
>practicing what her job has taught her: Don't ignore fire alarms.
>
>
>That's what many of the 640 Seton Hall University students did early
>Wednesday when a killer fire erupted in their dormitory. Boland Hall
>had shuddered with false alarms 18 times since September. Experts say
>indifference to any alarm is common. "It's pervasive in our society,"
>Reynolds said. "People in general don't think fire is going to happen
>to them. They think they're safest in the places they're least safe."
>People ignore alarms "because they don't think they're real," said
>George Burke, spokesman for the Washington-based International
>Association of Fire Fighters, a union more than 230,000 strong.
>
>
> "That's why false alarms are so dangerous," Burke said. "It puts the
>people who ignore the alarms in jeopardy, and the lives of firefighters
>in jeopardy." Guylene Proulx of the National Research Council of Canada
>in Ottawa has studied fire and human behavior and come up with four
>reasons why alarms are ignored:
>
>-- The alarm isn't recognized as an alarm. Beepers, whoopers, trumpets,
>continuous or intermittent -- all are fire alarm variations. (Proulx is
>working with the National Fire Protection Association to promote a
>standard alarm for North America that sounds three times, pauses, then
>repeats.)
>
>-- Frequent false alarms induce complacency. That includes when fire
>alarms are tested and building occupants aren't alerted first.
>
>-- People feel it's not their responsibility. They believe managers
>will take care of it. Especially in public places like shopping malls
>and movie theaters, it's "I'll wait and see what happens," Proulx said.
>
>
>-- Peer pressure. People don't want to overreact and look foolish.
>"It's not cool to react to a little sound. It's cool to wait," Proulx
>said. "It may be cool, but it's extremely dangerous."
>
>
>Another key to why alarms get ignored is that people don't fear fire
>enough.
>
>Reynolds' private, nonprofit organization -- which includes fire
>services workers, insurers and educators -- found in a 1997 survey that
>most people underestimate the risk of fire, its potential to grow and
>spread and how fast fire becomes deadly.
>
>
>A forthcoming survey asked people to estimate their escape time. Most
>estimated they would need to get away within 7.5 minutes of the time
>the smoke alarm sounded to be safe.
>
>
>"That's about five minutes longer than they actually have," Reynolds
>said. A third of those surveyed thought they had 10 minutes or more.
>
>
>Reynolds' group estimates that in a typical year between 1980 and 1996,
>there were an average of 1,800 fires at dormitories, fraternities and
>sororities, one death, 70 injuries and $8.2 million in property damage.
>
>
>
>As far as fire safety regulations in college dormitories, the federal
>government has little say in the matter.
>
>
>Generally, state fire officials and city building inspectors treat
>college dormitories the same as apartment buildings, hospitals and
>other group residences. Regulations and inspection schedules are tied
>more to a building's age and height than to who lives there.
>
>
>
>___________________________________________________
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:49:25 -0500
>From: Randy Horman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Additional Seton Hall info.
>
>Grand jury to probe fatal Seton Hall dorm fire
>
>
>
>Some older dorms don't meet current fire code, and
>that's legal
>
>
>January 21, 2000
>
>
> (CNN) -- ANew Jersey grand jury will investigate a fire that killed three
>Seton Hall University students in a dormitory without sprinklers, a
>prosecutor said Friday.=20
>
>Another 62 people were injured in Wednesday's fire at Boland Hall. Of
>those, four were still in critical condition on Friday.=20
>
>
>Charlotte Smith, an assistant Essex County prosecutor, said a grand
>jury has subpoenaed fire inspection records and engineering plans for
>Boland Hall.=20
>
>The six-story dormitory, home to 640 students, was built before 1984
>regulations requiring sprinklers.=20
>
>
>Officials said the dormitory was built in 1952 with additions completed
>in 1966 and it met construction standards of the time.=20
>
>
>Gov. <color><param>0000,0000,9999</param>Christie Whitman</color> said
>Thursday she would consider legislation requiring sprinklers in all
>state college dormitories. "I don't think you could put a price tag on
>human life," Whitman said.=20
>
>A Seton Hall spokeswoman said the university is considering installing
>sprinklers at Boland and one other dorm without them.=20
>
>
></bigger></bigger></fontfamily><bigger><bigger><bold><fontfamily><param>Helv=
>etica</param><bigger>Little
>federal role in dorm safety
>
>
></bigger></fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Times</param>Although
>college dormitories nationwide share the same combustible ingredients
>-- densely packed young people, many of whom smoke or cook on hot
>plates -- the federal government has little role in setting fire safety
>regulations for the buildings.=20
>
>
>"That's one of those (areas) that's left to state and local
>authorities," said Gary Schwarzmueller, executive director of the
>Association of College and University Housing Officers International.=20
>
>Generally, state fire officials and city building inspectors treat
>college dormitories the same as apartment buildings, hospitals and
>other group residences. Regulations and inspection schedules are tied
>more to a building's age and height than to who lives there.
>
>=20
>
>"It depends on the structure, not the fact that it's college housing of
>some sort," said Julie Reynolds, spokeswoman for the National Fire
>Protection Association, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit advisory agency
>on fire safety.=20
>
>
>>fire at Texas Tech University in Lubbock led state authorities to
>investigate all high-rise dormitories -- seven stories or higher -- on
>12 campuses.=20
>
>=20
>
>"Many of them were built in the '60s and '70s, before sprinkler systems
>were required," said Jim Davis, a spokesman for the Texas fire marshal.
>"Some of them had (sprinkler) systems installed since then, some had
>not. We issued an order saying you had to have them."=20
>
>
>Ken Burris, chief operating officer of the U.S. Fire Administration,
>says all college dorms, as well as fraternity and sorority houses,
>should have sprinkler systems.=20
>
>
>But persuading colleges to install them can be difficult, he told The
>Record (of Bergen County, New Jersey), because of economics,
>enforcement problems, and the fact that "nobody out there feels this is
>going to happen to them."=20
>
>
>At the University of Georgia, Myers Hall, built in 1952, meets the fire
>code set in 1948, a situation that is legal, but troubling to campus
>architect Daniel Sniff.=20
>
>
>"To renovate this building to current codes and to satisfy the needs of
>the modern day student, would cost approximately $16.5 million," he
>told CNN.=20
>
>
>While the university, located in Athens, Georgia, has installed new
>fire alarms and smoke detectors, work to bring campus buildings up to
>modern codes won't begin till next year.=20
>
>
>
></fontfamily><bold><fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param><bigger>Cause of
>Seton Hall fire studied
>
>
></bigger></fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Times</param>Investigators
>in the Seton Hall fire hope to determine what caused Wednesday's smoky
>pre-dawn blaze in a third-floor Boland Hall lounge and prosecutors say
>nothing has been ruled out.=20
>
>Authorities declined comment on a report that investigators were
>seeking three young men asked to leave the dorm before the fire began.
>
>
>
>Several students had told reporters they believed the fire was the
>result of someone falling asleep while smoking a cigarette in the
>third-floor lounge.=20
>
>
>Students and parents said they believed the tragedy could have been
>prevented if fire hoses in the dormitory had been working and water
>sprinklers had been installed.=20
>
>
>They also said the frequency of false alarms -- 18 since September --
>may have induced some students to disregard the fire alarms.=20
>
>
>In the interest of safety, some colleges ban certain activities and
>materials from their dorms.=20
>
>=46or example, Rutgers University dorms in New Jersey ban such things as
>space heaters, hot plates, immersion coils, candles, incense, wall
>hangings made of burlap or other flammable material, paint thinner and
>extension cords exceeding 6 feet.=20
>
>
>Many colleges are grappling with the question of smoking in rooms --
>although mostly out of health concerns, not fire safety. Syracuse
>University in New York announced last year that it would ban smoking in
>dormitories beginning this fall.=20
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:52:03 -0500
>From: Randy Horman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fatal fires involving student housing
>
>Fatal fires involving college housing
>
>
>January19, 2000
>
>(CNN)
>Some recent fatal fires involving college housing:
>
>* September 8, 1990: Three University of California-Berkeley students
>die and two are injured at the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. A visitor to
>the house admits starting the fire while playing with a lighter.=20
>
>
>* February 13, 1992: One student dies at Phi Kappa Theta fraternity at
>California University in Pennsylvania.=20
>
>
>* October 24, 1993: One student dies and two are injured at the Alpha
>Xi Delta sorority at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.=20
>
>
>* October 21, 1994: Five students at Bloomsburg University in
>Pennsylvania die after sofa catches fire at Beta Sigma Delta fraternity
>house.=20
>
>
>* May 12, 1996: Five students die and three are injured at the
>University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
>Investigators blame a cigarette tossed into a trash can.=20
>
>
>* October 19, 1996: One student dies at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
>at Ohio Wesleyan University. Investigators say a smoldering cigarette
>started the fire.=20
>
>
>* January 3, 1997: A graduate student at Central Missouri State
>University dies in a smoke-filled hallway in a former dormitory
>converted into apartments.=20
>
>
>* January 10, 1997: One student dies and five are injured in a 500-bed
>dormitory at the University of Tennessee-Martin.=20
>
>
>* February 20, 1997: One student dies at an all-women's residence at
>the School of Visual Arts in New York City.=20
>
>
>* December 9, 1997: One student dies and seven are injured at a men's
>dormitory at Greenville College in Illinois.=20
>
>
>* September 18, 1998: One student dies and another is seriously injured
>in dormitory fire at Murray State University in Kentucky.=20
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:55:21 -0500
>From: Randy Horman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: AP Story on residence hall sprinkler systems and smoking
>
>Regulations vary on sprinkler systems, smoking in dormitories
>
>
>January 19, 2000
>
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though college dormitories nationwide share the same
>combustible ingredients -- densely packed young people, many of whom
>smoke or cook on hot plates -- the federal government has little role
>in setting fire safety regulations for the buildings.=20
>
>
>"That's one of those (areas) that's left to state and local
>authorities," said Gary Schwarzmueller, executive director of the
>Association of College and University Housing Officers International.=20
>
>Generally, state fire officials and city building inspectors treat
>college dormitories the same as apartment buildings, hospitals and
>other group residences. Regulations and inspection schedules are tied
>more to a building's age and height than to who lives there.=20
>
>
>"It depends on the structure, not the fact that it's college housing of
>some sort," said Julie Reynolds, spokeswoman for the National Fire
>Protection Association, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit advisory agency
>on fire safety.=20
>
>
>The association estimates that in a typical year between 1980 and 1996,
>there were an average of 1,800 fires at dormitories, fraternities and
>sororities, one death, 70 injuries and $8.2 million in property damage.
>
>
>
>Suspicious activity caused about 29 percent of the fires from 1992 to
>1996, with cooking causing 15 percent and smoking, 10 percent. Other
>causes include heating fixtures, electrical cords, appliances, open
>flames. The cause of 11 percent was unknown.=20
>
>
>New dormitories -- like new apartment buildings -- are generally
>required to have advanced safety systems such as sprinklers. But such
>requirements are rarely imposed retroactively on existing buildings.=20
>
>
>The Seton Hall University dormitory in New Jersey that burned early
>Wednesday -- killing three and injuring 58 -- was built in 1952 and had
>no sprinklers. Likewise, a Murray State University dormitory in
>Kentucky that burned in 1998, killing one student, predated a state
>building code requiring sprinklers in dorms taller than three stories.
>
>
>
>A 1997 fire at Texas Tech University led Texas authorities to
>investigate all high-rise dormitories -- seven stories or higher -- on
>12 campuses.=20
>
>
>"Many of them were built in the '60s and '70s, before sprinkler systems
>were required," said Jim Davis, a spokesman for the Texas fire marshal.
>"Some of them had (sprinkler) systems installed since then, some had
>not. We issued an order saying you had to have them."=20
>
>
>In the interest of safety, colleges ban numerous activities and
>materials from the dorms. For example, Rutgers University dorms in New
>Jersey ban such things as space heaters, hot plates, immersion coils,
>candles, incense, wall hangings made of burlap or other flammable
>material, paint thinner and extension cords exceeding 6 feet.=20
>
>
>Many colleges are grappling with the question of smoking in rooms --
>although mostly out of health concerns, not fire safety. Syracuse
>University in New York announced last year that it would ban smoking in
>dormitories beginning this fall.=20
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:57:18 -0500
>From: Randy Horman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fire at Heidelberg College - Ohio
>
>Students evacuated at Ohio college during dorm fire
>
>
>No injuries reported
>
>
>January 22, 2000
>
>
>>TIFFIN,Ohio (CNN) -- Dozens of students were evacuated from a residence
>>hall at Heidelberg College Saturday morning after a fire broke out in the
>>top floor of the building.=20
>
>
>No one was injured, college officials said. Those in the building were
>evacuated and immediately directed to another dormitory across the
>street.=20
>
>
>Police responded to reports of a fire at 93-year-old Williard Hall
>shortly after 4 a.m., Heidelberg spokesman Jamie Abel said. The
>three-story dorm houses 63 students.=20
>
>Those students will stay in other housing and the building will not be
>used for the rest of the school year, Abel said. There was no word on
>what caused the fire, which was confined to the top floor, or how much
>damage was done.=20
>
>
>"We just want parents to know that all the kids are all right, in light
>of Seton Hall arlier this week. Everyone is accounted for and no one
>was injured, thankfully," Abel told CNN.=20
>
>
>Heidelberg, a private college affiliated with the United Church of
>Christ, has 1,200 students and is located in Tiffin, about 40 miles
>southeast of Toledo in northwestern Ohio.=20
>
>
>Three students died in a fire at a Seton Hall University dormitory in
>New Jersey earlier this week. A grand jury has since subpoenaed fire
>inspection records and engineering plans for the building, which did
>not have sprinklers.=20
>
>
>Abel said Williard Hall was fitted with fire alarms and an updated sprinkler
>system in 1993. It was originally built in 1907.=20
>
>
>Two buildings near Williard were evacuated as a precaution, Abel said.
>One building is a dorm that shares a hallway with Williard. The other
>is a former private residence owned by the college.=20
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:58:42 -0500
>From: "Kraft, Michael G" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: dorms-fires
>
>I pose a few questions:
>
>How many University Dorms in Ohio are there?
>
>How many of them are provided with sprinklers?
>
>How many fire incidents occur in dorms each year?
>
>Thanks.
>
>You can reply directly to
>
>[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you like.
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:11:23 -0500
>From: "Nolan, Craig (Public Safety)" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RA training programs
>
>
>I have just finished doing another RA training program for are new spring
>semester RA's and have
>decided that my "stuff" needs an update a a little more bite and pizzazz's!
>
>I was wondering if anyone is willing to share there programs with me?
>Handouts, graphics,
>PowerPoint programs...all is welcome!
>
>Thank you all in advance, this is very professional list server filled with
>excellent information.
>
>Craig Nolan
>Fire Marshal
>Central CT St Univ.
>1615 Stanley St.
>New Britain CT 06050
>
>860-832-2386
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:41:36 -0400
>From: Kathleen Reynolds <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: RA training programs
>
>I have spent the weekend going over our current policies, which didn't take
>long! We have little to no information.
>
>
>I am looking for anyone willing to send me some copies of the policies
>regarding fire, fire safety, etc. I want to see what exactly is going out
>to your students, such as in Student Handbooks.
>
>If your willing to share, I am willing to foot the postage bill.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>*************************************************************************
> Success is not caused by spontaneous combustion,
> you must light yourself on fire!!
>*************************************************************************
>
> Kathleen Reynolds
> Asst. to the Director of Security,
> Fire Safety Coordinator
> College of Wooster Security Dept.
> Wooster, OH 44691
> (330)263-2059,
> FAX (330)263-2538
> (confidential FAX-330-263-2135)
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.wooster.edu/security/
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:56:28 -0600
>From: Charles E Kist <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: dorms-fires
>
>Michael, check the past msgs. for info on the final report of the Campus
>Fire Safety Forum. It has lots of good info. Chuck
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kraft, Michael G [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 7:59 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: dorms-fires
>
>
>I pose a few questions:
>
>How many University Dorms in Ohio are there?
>
>How many of them are provided with sprinklers?
>
>How many fire incidents occur in dorms each year?
>
>Thanks.
>
>You can reply directly to
>
>[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you like.
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:08:18 -0700
>From: Thomas Richard <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: RA training programs
>
>Kathleen, all of our policies and procedures, compliance guides are on our
>website at www.asu.edu/provost/riskmgmt. You are more than welcomed to
>review them.
>
>Thomas E. Richard
>Health/Safety Specialist
>Arizona State University
>Risk Management Department
>Email [log in to unmask]
>Ph# 480-965-149/Pager# 602-646-0708
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kathleen Reynolds [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 6:42 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: RA training programs
>
>
>I have spent the weekend going over our current policies, which didn't take
>long! We have little to no information.
>
>
>I am looking for anyone willing to send me some copies of the policies
>regarding fire, fire safety, etc. I want to see what exactly is going out
>to your students, such as in Student Handbooks.
>
>If your willing to share, I am willing to foot the postage bill.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>*************************************************************************
> Success is not caused by spontaneous combustion,
> you must light yourself on fire!!
>*************************************************************************
>
> Kathleen Reynolds
> Asst. to the Director of Security,
> Fire Safety Coordinator
> College of Wooster Security Dept.
> Wooster, OH 44691
> (330)263-2059,
> FAX (330)263-2538
> (confidential FAX-330-263-2135)
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.wooster.edu/security/
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:06:20 -0500
>From: Michael Fox <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: RA training programs
>
>Yale University Undergraduate Regulations are online at:
>
>http://www.yale.edu/ycpo/undregs/pages/contents.html
>
>
>At 09:41 AM 1/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>I have spent the weekend going over our current policies, which didn't take
>>long! We have little to no information.
>>
>>
>>I am looking for anyone willing to send me some copies of the policies
>>regarding fire, fire safety, etc. I want to see what exactly is going out
>>to your students, such as in Student Handbooks.
>>
>>If your willing to share, I am willing to foot the postage bill.
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>*************************************************************************
>> Success is not caused by spontaneous combustion,
>> you must light yourself on fire!!
>>*************************************************************************
>>
>> Kathleen Reynolds
>> Asst. to the Director of Security,
>> Fire Safety Coordinator
>> College of Wooster Security Dept.
>> Wooster, OH 44691
>> (330)263-2059,
>> FAX (330)263-2538
>> (confidential FAX-330-263-2135)
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.wooster.edu/security/
>
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:53:12 -0700
>From: Vincent Leonard <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: New Mexico Dorm Fire
>
>Our fire, which occured at 8 pm on the 18th. The fire was in a 4 story (3
>wing)
>dormitory built in 1959. The bldg. has only partial sprinklers in the basement
>( a recent installation), hardwired, single station smoke detectors in each
>sleeping room, and the fire alarm pull stations were (some 15 years ago)
>replaced by a push button call box which rings into the SRC commons desk
>(manned 24/7). The SRC receives a call from the resident then either sends an
>RA to investigate or automatically activates the alarms in the appropriate
>building(s). This arrangement is under current investigation by our office as
>to weather or not it was approved by the State Fire Marshal 15 years ago (I
>have been at UNM for 5yrs). The nearest fire station is 100 yards to the east
>of the dormitory.
>
>The fire occured between 7:30 - 7:42 pm. The occupants of the room had stepped
>out to a local bookstore. They had an old box fan sitting in the window of
>their 3rd floor room. The fan had old worn wiring and was sitting on the
>wooden
>window sill. Curtains were hanging over the fan and the window was open. There
>were less than half the bldg. occupants (total occupancy 300) in the dorm at
>the time of the fire. An RA, while making his rounds, noticed smoke from under
>the door of the room in question. He immediately notified the SRC desk to
>activate the alarms. The building was quickly evacuated, although we did have
>our share of "what fire", I don't see any smoke" etc..... Since the RA saw
>smoke comming from under the door, he did not attempt to open the door or
>fight the fire. This is per our response requirements. The fire dept. was on
>scene within 2 minutes of the initial call. Our campus repsonse team responded
>within 20 minutes. The response team comprises, maintenance, safety, housing,
>admin and risk management personnel.
>
>The fire dept. noted flames coming from the 3rd floor window and an object in
>the window (this was the fan) The fire was quickly contained with an interior
>attack. Fire damage was limited to the window, a futon couch, the curtains and
>a small portion of the ceiling directly over the couch. The damage to the
>couch
>was minimal. The smoke damage to the room was extensive. Most of the personal
>belongings and furniture will need to be cleaned and sanitized. The smoke
>damage was limited to the room of origin and minor smoke migration to the room
>above. Water damage was moderate (from the attack lines) but was cleaned up
>that night. The fire rated door to the corridor was a significant factor in
>containing the fire to the room of origin. the closet door which was closed,
>prevented smoke/fire damage to the clothing inside.
>
>The fire is determined to be accidental in nature of an electrical cause. The
>entire incident was mitigated (including the initial investigation) in less
>than 3 hours, in which time the building, except for the room in question, was
>re-habitated. Follow up investigations continued for 4 days. A fire
>investigation report will be complete in the next week if anyone is
>interested.
>
>The fire was small, the RA, staff and fire department responded
>well.....but we
>were lucky. No injuries.
>
>
>
>Richard Bishop wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any information on a residence hall fire at the University
>> of New Mexico Tuesday night? (1/18/00) It may not have been reported as
>> widely as the Seton Hall fire.
>
>------------------------------
>
>End of OHIOFIRE Digest - 20 Jan 2000 to 24 Jan 2000 (#2000-15)
>**************************************************************
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Randall L. Hormann [log in to unmask]
Miami University 6 Hughes Hall (EHSO)
Fire/Safety Specialist Oxford, Ohio 45056
Fire Safety Inspector Office: 513-529-2461
http://www.ehs.muohio.edu/ Fax: 513-529-2830
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State: Fire Safety Inspector - Instructor (Ohio)
Chair: International Assoc. of Campus Fire Safety Officials
Member: Ohio Fire Chiefs Assoc., Fire Code Committee.
Member: Ohio Fire Officials Association.
Advisor:Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Fraternity.
Advisor:Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma - National Honor Society.
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