King's College will add sprinkler systems to Esseff and Holy Cross halls in early spring 2001. This job will be completed in time for the start of the fall 2001 academic year. The Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Residence Life believe that fire safety procedures should address prevention as well as safety and evacuation procedures, should a fire occur. Every fire alarm is treated as a fire. The entire building in which the alarm is sounded is evacuated.
Disciplinary action is taken against students who fail to leave the building.
All students residing in the residence halls are instructed on fire prevention, safety, and evacuation procedures at the beginning of each semester. Training for residence life staff is held in conjunction with the Wilkes-Barre Fire Department who also conducts fire drills and evacuation procedures each semester. All of the King's College residence halls have been currently certified as meeting fire safety codes. All King's residence halls have smoke alarms, central fire alarms and fire extinguishers. Smoking is restricted to certain areas of buildings.