Fire safety can often take a back seat for college students and
their families. It is up to us to give them the information they
need to keep safety at their forefront of their minds. Some of
the major components of a college fire safety program are listed
below. You must decide if you plan on tackling each issue
separately or whether to give all the information out at once.
You must also determine the way in which you will get the
information out to make sure your efforts reach the maximum
number of citizens. The components can be divided into the
following: - Planning the fire escape - Knowledge of fire alarms
and extinguishers - Maintenance of fire protection systems -
Fire and burn prevention Planning the fire escape includes the
procedures that should be taken during a fire alarm and/or fire
emergency. It is important you stress that students should take
all fire alarms seriously — no matter how many false alarms they
have witnessed. They also need to know all the ways out of their
building, not counting