If you live, study or work on campus, take precautions to protect yourself, others and campus property from smoke and fire. As a member of the campus and Monastic communities, you have a responsibility to help prevent fires. Carelessness with cigarettes, matches, and candles , account for many residence hall fires. It is a housing policy violation to have candles or potpouri in your living area. The College of St. Benedict has a policy for a smoke-free environment in all college buildings, residential and academic.
Some decorations ignite easily and allow a fire to spread rapidly.
These include holiday decorations, posters, and flamables tacked to the ceiling. Accumulations of trash and newspaper, especially in hallways and stairwells are a fire hazard. Commons materials like paint, paint removers, hair spray and dupicator fluid can be fire hazards if they are not handled or stored properly. A cigarette, incense or potpouri that falls on an overstuffed chair or mattress can smolder for hours, then suddenly burst into flame. False alarms are a hazard .