At-a-Glance Resource List
Here is a compilation of campus fire safety resources that might be useful in engaging students in fire safety
A new series of short videos with students asking important fire safety information.
This short film tells the story of the impact of a fatal off-campus fire. Written, filmed and produced by students, it is available for free download.
This short documentary is about the impact of a series of nine fires that happened in three weeks across the country at the beginning of the spring 2012 semester and is available for free download.
Campus Firewatch will again be doing its “Tip-a-Day” program where you can receive daily Tweets with tips that you can send out to your student body. More information is available on our Tip-a-Day program page.
This is an “at a glance” compilation of fatal campus-related fire deaths that Campus Firewatch has identified since 2000.
This is a spreadsheet formatted listing of fatal campus-related fire deaths. This is the most complete listing of these incidents available.
This is a map of every fatal incident identified by Campus Firewatch going back to 2000. If you would like to embed this map on your web site, use this embed code.
View Fatal Campus-Related Fires in a larger map
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This is a more complete compilation of the campus-related fire deaths since 2000 with details on each incident gathered by Campus Firewatch.
This is a detailed listing of all campus-related incidents (fatal and non-fatal) identified by Campus Firewatch going back to 2000 (7 mb).
Campus Firewatch has published its annual Questions to Ask for parents and students that are looking for both on- and off-campus student housing.
Videos of student room mockup burns
More schools across the nation are using the mockup burns as effective learning tools. Watch this series of videos from various schools to see these powerful education tools in action.
A very powerful video about the life and death of Peter Talen who died in an off-campus fire at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition has put together a packet of instructions on how to build side-by-side mockups of student rooms where you can do demonstration burns.
The Minger Foundation and Campus Firewatch developed a guide and a series of videos to help in teaching fire safety to students with disabilities.
There are several organizations that have also focused their efforts on reducing the loss of life and injury on our nation’s campuses.
Each year college and university students, on- and off-campus, experience hundreds of fire-related emergencies nationwide. There are several specific causes for fires on college campuses, including cooking, intentionally set fires, and open flame. Overall, most college-related fires are due to a general lack of knowledge about fire safety and prevention.
The NFPA has a page focusing on campus fire safety with tips sheets, links to articles and other information available.
The Minger Foundation was founded after the death of Michael Minger in a residence hall fire at Murray State University. It has focused on developing educational material and resources for all students, including those with disabilities.