shortly after rit's move from inner city rochester to the existing campus in henrietta, an old barn that was left on the purchased property caught fire and began to burn. alpha phi omega (apo) brother neil gorfain roused his fellow apo brothers and began to direct traffic as emergency service personnel began to respond. eventually, student housing was plagued by frequent fire alarms as the campus grew and matured. the evacuating students were often in the way of pinkerton security officers and each other. consequently, after the barn incident, the xi zeta chapter of alpha phi omega proposed adopting crowd control as one of their mandated services to the institute. soon after, student housing consented to this plan. whenever a fire alarm sounded, campus security would notify the on-call apo brother via room phone, who would rouse his brothers and move the crowd to a safe distance until the building was cleared. this band of fraternity brothers were designated the emergency unit (eu).