| 1075, I'm pasting the response I rec'd from the director of residential life at my s's college, and I wonder if you have any comments.
Do they seem to have the bases covered [other than the question of sprinklers?] Is there anything else I should ask? Should we still provide a CO detector for S's room?
Thanks.
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Regarding your questions, each student room has a smoke
detector, as well as all of our public areas. Each
residence hall fire activation system is also tied in
to the dispatcher at the University Police Station, as
well as the XXX City Fire Department. Our public
areas also have fire extinguishers placed in various
locations, and the buildings are all serviced with a
standard fire hose and water delivery system. Each
residence hall room door is grade a fire retardant door, as
dictated by our local fire codes. As well, there are fire
doors in each of the end stair wells.
However, our residence halls currently do not have
sprinkler systems. The majority of our buildings were built
in the 60's, and as such this was not a code requirement
during those years. Likewise we do not have CO detectors
in our facilities either. The heat to our residence halls is
provided by a high temperature water line, so gas is not
used for the purpose of heating our facilities.
Additionally, we conduct fire drills each semester so that
our students are educated on the proper evacuation
procedures in the event there were a real fire.
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