Environmental Health & Safety maintains the fire log which includes the general location, date, time and known causes that occur in on-campus student housing. Entry or additions to the log are made within two business days of receipt of the Public Safety report. The log is available for the most recent 60 days for public inspection, M-F during normal business hours at 685 Mt. Hope Avenue. Any portion of the fire log greater than the most recent 60 days will be made available within two business days of the request for public inspection.
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The following additional information on these systems may be helpful to you.
The University has two basic designs of fire alarm systems in its residential housing. For residential housing that has a fire sprinkler system installed as described in the above-referenced summary, smoke detector activation in a student room results in “local” alarm for notification of the room occupants and an electronic signal is automatically sent to the Department of Public Safety (DPS), which can alert the Fire Department.
For residential housing that does not have a fire sprinkler system (University Park and Whipple Park Apartments) a more sophisticated smoke detector is installed which senses heat and smoke separately. Activation of the heat sensor sends a fire alarm signal to DPS. Activation of the smoke sensor sends an alarm signal to DPS but also activates a “local” alarm to alert the room occupants.
The Graduate Maisonettes are equipped with battery operated smoke detectors that will alert the unit occupants only.
Smoke detectors that are located in common spaces (i.e. basements, common hallways) in all buildings, except the Graduate Maisonettes, and all sprinkler system activations in those building equipped with sprinklers, activate the building fire alarm system to alert all occupants and transmit a signal to DPS.
Residential Life Fire Drills conducted 2023: – 159