A resolution designating September 2018 as "Campus Fire Safety Month".

Bill: 115-sres-662
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2018-09-28
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction

Commemorative events and holidays

Educational facilities and institutions

Fires

Higher education

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6398; text: CR S6390)

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Designates September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month. </p> <p>Encourages administrators of institutions of higher education and municipalities across the United States to: (1) provide educational programs about fire safety to all college students in September and throughout the school year, (2) evaluate the level of fire safety being provided in both on- and off-campus student housing, and (3) ensure fire-safe living environments.</p> <div></div>

action_date: 2018-09-28
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>Designates September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month.</p> <p>Encourages administrators of institutions of higher education and municipalities across the United States to: (1) provide educational programs about fire safety to all college students in September and throughout the school year, (2) evaluate the level of fire safety being provided in both on- and off-campus student housing, and (3) ensure fire-safe living environments.</p>

tv_txt: III 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 662 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 28, 2018 Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Carper ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month .

Whereas campus-related housing fires at colleges in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, D.C., 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-related fires; Whereas approximately 87 percent of those deaths occurred in off-campus residences; Whereas a majority of college students in the United States live in an off-campus residence; Whereas many fatal fires have occurred in a building in which the occupants had compromised or disabled the fire safety systems; Whereas automatic fire alarm systems and smoke alarms provide the early warning of a fire that is necessary for occupants of a building and the fire department to take appropriate action; Whereas automatic fire sprinkler systems are a highly effective method of controlling or extinguishing a fire in its early stages, thus protecting the lives of the building occupants; Whereas many college students live in an off-campus residence, fraternity or sorority housing, or a 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 reducing 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 from fires: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) designates September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month ; and (2) encourages administrators of institutions of higher education and municipalities across the United States— (A) to provide educational programs about fire safety to all college students in September and throughout the school year; (B) to evaluate the level of fire safety being provided in both on-campus and off-campus student housing; and (C) to ensure fire-safe living environments through fire safety education, installation of fire suppression and detection systems and smoke alarms, and the development and enforcement of applicable codes relating to fire safety.