{"70921":{"#nid":"70921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Participates in Fire Awareness Campaign","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students learned first-hand the dangers that occur when a fire breaks out in a dorm room. The Institute\u0027s fire safety unit recently burned a model dorm room built by Georgia Tech\u0027s woodshop with materials donated by The Home Depot, to demonstrate how quickly a fire can spread and the importance of working smoke alarms and sprinklers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute teamed up with the Atlanta Fire Department, Georgia State Fire Marshal\u0027s Office, the Center for Campus Fire Safety, the National Fire Protection Association, Underwriters Laboratories and the U.S. Fire Administration to conduct the demonstration and sponsor a safety fair designed to inform the Georgia Tech community on how to reduce potential fire incidents and burn injuries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event was held in recognition of National Campus Fire Safety month and there are some staggering stats to consider when weighing the importance of this issue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past eight years, 94 people have died nationally in campus fires, with more than 80 percent of these occurring in off-campus housing. The Center for Campus Fire Safety, colleges and universities, as well as federal legislators all recognize the need for more fire safety education to college students and their parents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn August 14, President George W. Bush signed the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HR 4137) into law. A component of this new college safety law is the Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act. The legislation requires colleges and universities to report fire safety information to the U.S. Department of Education, including fire-related injuries, deaths and incidences, as well as fire detection equipment (i.e. smoke alarms, sprinklers) in on-campus housing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the interactive safety fair, students had the opportunity to crawl through a theatrical smoke-filled trailer that simulates the limited visibility in a real fire. In addition, students also learned how to properly use a fire extinguisher and fight a fire.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with fire safety materials and handouts, students received smoke alarms, donated by Kidde and had a chance to win Apple iPods donated by Simplex Grinnell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOfficials from Georgia Tech, the Atlanta Fire Department, and the Georgia Insurance Commissioner\u0027s Office (ICO) were on hand to address the importance of fire and life safety for college students and to support Georgia Tech\u0027s efforts to provide college students with a hands-on learning experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of Georgia Tech\u0027s efforts on fire safety include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- Georgia Tech meets or exceeds all requirements outlined by the State of Georgia Fire Marshal. Annual inspections are conducted and rechecked by contracted agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- Georgia Tech has a dedicated, fulltime time fire marshal, deputized by the State Fire Marshal, and two fire safety specialists on staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- Georgia Tech has smoke alarms in place on every hall and in every room in residence housing giving the campus in excess of 20,000 smoke alarms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- Fire extinguishers are located in every hallway (every 75 feet).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- An annual fire exercise is conducted with local first responders and the Atlanta Fire Department attends Georgia Tech\u0027s monthly emergency preparedness meetings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- 300 students are trained in fire safety in campus provided housing each semester\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- All Georgia Tech RAs and housing directors receive fire safety training.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- A fire drill is scheduled during the first 10 days of each semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E- Georgia Tech bans the following items\/activities in student housing sleeping rooms:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Candles\u003Cbr \/\u003E Halogen Lamps\u003Cbr \/\u003E Smoking\u003Cbr \/\u003E Cooking\u003Cbr \/\u003E Live Christmas Trees\u003Cbr \/\u003E Ceiling Tapestries\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech requires fire-resistance ratings on furniture (including, but not limited to, beds, mattresses, desks, and chairs) in student housing sleeping rooms.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students learned first-hand the dangers that occur when a fire breaks out in a dorm room. The Institute\u0027s fire safety unit recently burned a model dorm room built by Georgia Tech\u0027s woodshop with materials donated by The Home Depot, to demonstrate how quickly a fire can spread and the importance of working smoke alarms and sprinklers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fire officials demonstrate how quickly a fire could engulf a roo"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-09-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70922":{"id":"70922","type":"image","title":"Fire Safety Fair","body":null,"created":"1449177328","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:28","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45"},"70923":{"id":"70923","type":"image","title":"Fire demonstration","body":null,"created":"1449177328","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:28","changed":"1475894625","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:45"}},"media_ids":["70922","70923"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/gallery\/v\/media\/firesafetyfair\/","title":"Photo Gallery"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1983","name":"Fire Safety"},{"id":"1984","name":"Georgia Tech. 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