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Ashland University Safety Services works with the Ashland University Compliance Committee, Facilities Management and Planning and Residence Life departments to provide prevention and emergency response protocol for Ashland University Each year the Residence Life office coordinates one scheduled fire alarm exercise each semester (fall and spring) while the students are on campus. Students who fail to evacuate a building during an alarm are in violation of the safety policy. Fire safety is incorporated into the residence life staff training at the beginning of each year. Training includes building occupant evacuation and extinguisher use. Residents in the College Avenue apartments do not participate in any drills. Ashland University has on staff a Life Safety Technician who maintains the security and fire systems in the residence halls and other campus buildings. The Life Safety Technician conducts two scheduled fire system safety inspections of the residence facilities each year. The responding fire department for Ashland University is the Ashland City Fire Department. When buildings are renovated, updating fire systems to current requirements are an important consideration.
Ashland University has a policy of no open flames in any of the residence facilities and smoking is not permitted in any campus building. All electrical appliances must be Underwriter Laboratory (UL) approved and in good working condition. Unapproved items such as: electric blankets, hot plates, live Christmas trees, etc. are against the residence life safety policy. Residents found to be using these items are in violation of the safety policy. Please refer to the student handbook for a more comprehensive description http://www.ashland.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Handbook-8-16-11.pdf. In the residence facilities there are emergency information placards posted in conspicuous locations and on the back of the doors to resident’s rooms. To request a replacement placard, please notify the Director of Environmental Health & Safety in the Facilities Management and Planning department. Fire statistics are maintained by the Ashland University Director of Safety Services. All campus fires are to be reported to the Ashland University Safety Services department.
Students are to assume all alarms are an actual emergency and are expected to evacuate the building thru all marked egress doors. Use of elevators is not permitted during an evacuation. Students who fail to evacuate a residence facility during a drill may be processed as a judicial referral for violating a health and safety policy. Resident students with physical restrictions should notify Safety Services of their restriction. In order to provide an even more effective response, prior notification of any pre-existing medical condition that may warrant special consideration should be made to the Safety Services department before moving into the residence hall. Ashland University Safety Services will notify the responding fire department personnel of residents with disclosed special needs. At the start of the fall semester, the Safety Services department also requests information from the Classroom Support Services department regarding resident students with special needs who may require assistance in emergency situations. Tampering with any fire alarm, or suppression system, is a safety policy violation and the responsible party (if identified) will be held accountable.
Resources
Safety Services: (419) 207-5555; on campus 911 or 5555
Environmental Health & Safety (419) 289-5496; on campus 5496
Facilities Management & Planning (419) 289-5490; on campus 5490
Residence Life (419) 289-5303; on campus 5303
Classroom Support Services (419) 289-5904; on campus 5904
Fire Department non emergency (419) 289-6511; emergency 911
Summary of Fires
Residence Hall Fire Systems
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