Fire Safety Tips & Alerts
Top Ten Campus Tips
- Avoid using cooking appliances in bedrooms.
- Use smoking materials wisely.
- Avoid candles or incense burners.
- Always evacuate the building when a fire alarm sounds.
- Avoid blocked emergency exits.
- Keep fire doors closed.
- Use grounded surge protectors rather than extension cords.
- Check smoke alarms monthly.
- Keep sprinkler heads free from obstruction.
- Always have an escape plan with 2 ways out.
Grill Safety
It seems everyone uses gas and charcoal grills year-round. In a recent year, grills caused almost 4500 fires resulting in $30,000,000 of property loss nationwide. Underwriters Labs has some tips on safe use and storage.Counterfeit Alert
Here is some information from Underwriters Laboratories. Sports logo lamps like the one pictured here from Memory Company may be unlisted, and could be dangerous. If so they will have a “cord set” label instead of the “luminaire” label that should be on a lighting product. See the UL link for more information.