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| Smoke Alarms…also often known as smoke detectors, are one of the best early-warning devices of a fire. They are designed to sense low levels of smoke and sound an alarm. Some smoke alarms are what are known as “single station,” or stand-alone devices. If they go into alarm, only the one detector is activated, alerting people right around it. Others may be connected together, such as in a two-story house, and they will all sound an alarm at the same time. A third setup may be a fire alarm system, such as in a residence hall, where a smoke alarm is connected to the building’s fire alarm system. No matter what
type of setup you may have, no fire detector can do its job if it
is disabled. Whatever you do… A lot of fire fatalities have occurred when the detector has been disabled. Don’t
be one of them! |
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What to do when the alarm goes off: If the alarm in your building goes off, there is one thing that you should always do-get out! While you may think that it is another false alarm, or you may believe you are in no danger, you can’t tell from your room. You should always evacuate the building when the alarm on your floor sounds if it is safe for you to do so.
When the fire alarm went off on the night of January 19, 2000 at Seton Hall, it had been the 19th alarm within several weeks that had occurred at Borland Hall. A number of the students didn’t leave, thinking it was another false alarm. This time, the fire was real and three freshman were killed.
Center for Campus Fire Safety, a non-profit organization
PO Box 2358
Amherst, MA 01004
413-323-6002
info@campusfire.org
www.campusfire.org
