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III
116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 295
Designating the month of September 2019 as ‘‘Campus Fire Safety Month’’.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 31, 2019
Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. CARPER, and Ms. WARREN) submitted the
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2019 as ‘‘Campus Fire
Safety Month’’.
Whereas campus-related housing fires at colleges in Texas,
Oregon, Illinois, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and
other States have tragically cut short the lives of several
young people;
Whereas, since January 2000, at least 175 people, including
students, parents, and children, have died in campus-re-
lated fires;
Whereas approximately 87 percent of those deaths occurred
in off-campus occupancies;
Whereas a majority of college students in the United States
live in off-campus occupancies;
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•SRES 295 ATS
Whereas a number of fatal fires have occurred in buildings
in which the occupants had compromised or deactivated
the fire safety systems;
Whereas automatic fire alarm systems and smoke alarms pro-
vide early warning of a fire that is necessary for occu-
pants of a building and the fire department to take ap-
propriate action;
Whereas an automatic fire sprinkler system is a highly effec-
tive method of controlling or extinguishing a fire in its
early stages, protecting the lives of the building occu-
pants;
Whereas many college students live in an off-campus occu-
pancy, fraternity or sorority house, or residence hall that
is not adequately protected by an automatic fire sprinkler
system and an automatic fire alarm system or adequate
smoke alarm;
Whereas fire safety education is an effective method of reduc-
ing the occurrence of fires and the resulting loss of life
and property damage;
Whereas college students do not routinely receive effective
fire safety education while in college;
Whereas educating young people in the United States about
the importance of fire safety is vital to help ensure that
young people engage in fire-safe behavior during college
and after college; and
Whereas developing a generation of adults who practice fire
safety may significantly reduce future loss of life: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
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•SRES 295 ATS
(1) designates the month of September 2019 as
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‘‘Campus Fire Safety Month’’; and
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(2) encourages administrators of institutions of
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higher education and municipalities across the
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United States—
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(A) to provide educational programs about
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fire safety to all college students in September
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and throughout the school year;
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(B) to evaluate the level of fire safety
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being provided in both on-campus and off-cam-
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pus student housing; and
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(C) to ensure fire-safe living environments
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through—
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(i) fire safety education;
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(ii) installation of fire suppression and
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detection systems and smoke alarms; and
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(iii) the development and enforcement
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of applicable codes relating to fire safety.
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