Student rooms are on the ground floor and open directly to the outside. Each student room has a smoke detector. Outside of the station is a forest for student use. Safety here is much the same as that outlined above. In homestays, students are sometimes in wood constructions that do not have smoke detectors.
Council is in the process of purchasing portable smoke alarms.
Students are told to avoid smoking and burning candles in wood structures. Most houses have no hot water or water heaters that are electric. There is no central heating. Some houses are more than one hour's walk to a phone. Families living in these areas have horses and other means to get word quickly to someone on staff.