With school starting soon, please read up on how to stay safe from fire when you go off to collage from the U.S. Fire Administration:
For most students, the last fire safety training they received was in grade school, but with new independence comes new responsibilities. It is important that both off-campus and on-campus students know their fire risks and prevention actions that could save their lives.
Top questions for college students and parents to ask before moving into a dormitory or signing an apartment lease:
- Are there working smoke alarms in each bedroom, outside of sleeping areas, and on each level of the building?
- Does the building have a sprinkler system?
- Are there at least two ways out of each room and the building?
- Does the building have a fire alarm system?
- Does the sprinkler or fire alarm system send a signal to the local fire department and/or campus security?
- Are there enough electrical outlets for all appliances, computers, printers and electronics — without using an extension cord?
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