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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEEdwards becomes Sponsor to The Center forCampus Fire SafetyMarch 27, 2015; Newburyport, Massachusetts The Center for Campus Fire Safety (The Center) is proud to welcome Edwards to its list of sponsors.Edwards is part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp., a leading provider to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide.With over 125 years of dedication to alarm and detection technology, Edwards buildingsystems are protecting the lives and livelihoods of the people who make businessesrun, including those entrusted to the care of universities and colleges worldwide. Theyoffer Life Safety, Fire Alarm and Mass Notification Solutions.“We are fortunate to add Edwards to our family of globally respected sponsors andindustry leaders” said Paul D. Martin, President of The Center for Campus Fire Safety.It is through the generosity of Edwards and all of our sponsors, members, advisors andsupporters that makes it possible for The Center to create programs and delivertraining and resources to the nation’s millions of college students as well as facultyand staff at those institutions, and fire department personnel responsible for localcolleges. “A warm thank you to all that have demonstrated a commitment tosupporting the cause of campus fire safety and the free exchange of information tosupport the many professionals dedicated to protecting colleges and universitiesworldwide” said Martin.THE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETYNational Headquarters 10 State Street Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950888.875.9998 campusfiresafety.org

About The Center for Campus Fire SafetyThe Center for Campus Fire Safety (The Center) is a non-profit 501C3 organization.The Center is a member-based organization devoted to reducing the loss of life fromfire on and off campuses. The mission of The Center is to serve as an advocate for thepromotion of campus fire safety. The Center serves as the focal point for the efforts ofa number of organizations and also as a clearinghouse for information relating tocampus fire safety. Visit us at www.campusfiresafety.org for more information.Media ContactsThe Center for Campus Fire Safety 978.961.0410Paul D. Martin, President, pmatin@campusfiresafety.orgCathy Tabor, Director of Marketing Communications, ctabor@campusfiresafety.orgTHE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETYNational Headquarters 10 State Street Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950888.875.9998 campusfiresafety.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Center for Campus Fire Safety to Bolster FirePrevention Efforts with FM Global GrantMarch 27, 2015 Newburyport, Massachusetts —The Center for Campus FireSafety (The Center) has received a 7,500 fire prevention grant fromFM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers.FM Global representatives will be presenting the award to The Center in April.The award will be used to support Campus Fire Forum, The Center’s annualeducation conference that focuses exclusively on campus fire and life safetyissues. This year Campus Fire Forum is being held in Niagara Falls, New York inOctober.Because fire continues to be the leading cause of property damage worldwide,during the past 35 years FM Global has contributed millions of dollars in fireprevention grants to fire service organizations around the globe. Locally, thecompany has awarded grants to a number of Massachusetts-basedorganizations.“At FM Global, we strongly believe the majority of property damage ispreventable, not inevitable,” said Michael Spaziani, manager of the fireprevention grant program. “Far too often, inadequate budgets prevent thoseorganizations working to prevent fire from being as proactive as they would likeTHE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETYNational Headquarters 10 State Street Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950888.875.9998 campusfiresafety.org

to be. With additional financial support, grant recipients are actively helping toimprove property risk in the communities they serve.”“The Center is very appreciative of FM Global’s generosity and support of oureducational mission.” said Paul D. Martin, The Center’s president. “FM Global’sgrant will help The Center to assure that this year’s annual conference is asuccess and that our attendees have access to high caliber speakers andcontemporary material.”Something special at this year’s Forum will be the addition of a “How To”workshop discussing ways for fire safety educators to organize and fund a liveburn of a mock dorm room. This session will culminate with an actual live burn,demonstrating firsthand, the immense power and rapid growth of fire and theimportance of smoke alarms and sprinkler systems.Through its Fire Prevention Grant Program, FM Global awards grants quarterlyto fire departments—as well as national, state, regional, local and communityorganizations worldwide—that best demonstrate a need for funding, wheredollars can have the most demonstrable impact on preventing fire, ormitigating the damage it can quickly cause.About FM GlobalFor nearly two centuries, many of the world’s largest organizations have turnedto FM Global to develop cost-effective property insurance and engineeringsolutions to protect their business operations from fire, natural disasters andother types of property risk. With clients in more than 130 countries, FM Globalranks #557 among FORTUNE magazine’s largest companies in America and isTHE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETYNational Headquarters 10 State Street Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950888.875.9998 campusfiresafety.org

rated A (Superior) by A.M. Best and AA (Very Strong) by Fitch Ratings. Thecompany was named “World’s Best Supply Chain Risk Insurance Provider” in2014 by Global Finance magazine and was voted “Best Commercial PropertyInsurer” in Business Insurance’s 2013 Buyers Choice Awards.To learn more about FM Global’s Fire Prevention Grant Program, or to apply fora grant, please visit www.fmglobal.com/grants.About The Center for Campus Fire SafetyThe Center for Campus Fire Safety (The Center) is a non-profit 501C3organization.The Center is a member-based organization devoted to reducing the loss of lifefrom fire on and off campuses. The mission of The Center is to serve as anadvocate for the promotion of campus fire safety. The Center serves as thefocal point for the efforts of a number of organizations and also as aclearinghouse for information relating to campus fire safety. Visit us atwww.campusfiresafety.org for more information.Media ContactsThe Center for Campus Fire Safety 978.961.0410Paul D. Martin, President, pmatin@campusfiresafety.orgCathy Tabor, Director of Marketing Communications,ctabor@campusfiresafety.orgTHE CENTER FOR CAMPUS FIRE SAFETYNational Headquarters 10 State Street Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950888.875.9998 campusfiresafety.org

FROM THE PRESIDENTBy Paul D. MartinMarch 2015Enough isEnough!As the details unfoldedabout the horrific fire inNew York City thatclaimed the lives ofseven children in theirquintessential two-storysingle family home on atree-lined street inBrooklyn, there wasn’ta fire safetyprofessional that didn’tsee - or hadn’t seenbefore - the nextchapter of the story .that there were noworking smoke alarms!(NOTE: there was onesmoke alarm located inthe basement, howeverthe fire originated onthe first floor.)How do we begin to putan end to the senselesslosses? Residentialsprinklers ANDoperating smokealarms. We can nolonger continue tobelieve that smokealarms are sufficientalone to protect us. Weneed the total package.Permit me a quickhomily to the choir smoke alarms areessential and virtually auniversal requirementin every home, but theycan only detect a fire.To be effective,residents must bewilling and able torespond quickly to thealarm. Only firesprinklers can detectthe fire andautomatically control orextinguish it. Thusproviding the way forresidents to make a safeescape, protectingproperty and let’sforget - the respondingfirefighters. Therefore,it is plain to see, thatbest protection fromfire is having bothworking smoke alarmsand sprinklers.The NationalAssociation of HomeBuilders and othersoppose the residentialsprinkler provision inthe InternationalResidential Code (IRC).Having unsuccessfullyopposed the new modelcode provision, andunable to stem the tideof local enactment, thehomebuilders areturning to the statelegislatures to preemptadoption. They buildtheir case on twoarguments: homeownersshould be able to installsprinklers as an option(I always assumed thebuyer could) and, theirfavorite -- the cost ofresidential sprinklers issimply too onerous.These powerfulhomebuilder interestsare succeeding tocontrol the public policyagenda by claiming thatsprinkler requirementsimpose an unreasonableeconomic burden thatwill stem the return ofthe housing market.To that I say . BS!Average costs forinstallation ofresidential sprinklers isthe area of 1.50 ft2and I am willing to betit will continue todecrease if installation

FROM THE PRESIDENTBy Paul D. MartinMarch 2015demands were toincrease. With theaverage new home lastyear being 2,600ft2 theincrease with sprinklerswould be approximately 3900, resulting inabout a 20 rise in themonthly mortgagepayment. Somehow, Idoubt this will pricethousands of people outof the market, norsinglehandedly causethe collapse of thehousing constructionbusiness.The cost argumentreally goes out thewindow too when youlook at a few recent“single-family” homefires where clearly thehome owner had thefinancial wherewithal toinstall sprinklers. Theseinclude: the home thatformerly belonged toHard Rock Café cofounder and billionairePeter Morton, that lastsold for 22 million);the 10,000ft2/ 4millionhome leveled by fire insuburban Cincinnati andthe inconceivabletragedy this pastJanuary in Annapolis,Maryland, that took thelives of four childrenand their grandparents,in a 16,000ft2/ 6mhome. I doubt thatwhen any of thesehomes were built thatthe owner made thedirect decision not toinclude sprinklers. Andto have expected themto have to take theaffirmative action torequest them islaughable. How manypeople do you thinkwould specifically askfor seatbelts andairbags in their car ifthat were the means toassure their installation?How many people wouldask for the right sizecircuit breakers in theirelectrical panel box?Our model codescontain many nonoptional provisionsintended to provide forthe safety and healthof the occupant, suchas: wiring size; roofsnow-load design;flammable gas andplumbing connections;hurricane resistantwindows, and more.After all, isn’t this thebasic principal of ourcodes?“The purpose of this code isto establish minimumrequirements to safeguardthe public safety, health andgeneral welfare throughaffordability, structuralstrength, means of egressfacilities, stability,sanitation, light andventilation, energyconservation and safety tolife and property from fireand other hazards attributedto the built environment andto provide safety to firefighters and emergencyresponders duringemergency operations.”–InternationalResidential CodeWhile I am sympatheticto the effort to keepgovernmentinterference in our livesto a minimum, it seemshypocritical to me thatour model codes (AKA:government) mandatesprinklers in our work

FROM THE PRESIDENTBy Paul D. MartinMarch 2015places, hospitals,storage facilities, sportscenters, jails and evenstorage facilities, butnot in the very placeswhere we and ourfamilies live and sleep –our homes.Now don’tmisunderstand, I am notadvocating that weretroactively requiresprinklers in themillions of homesthroughout the country.But I do believe it istime to draw thatmetaphorical line in thesand when it comes tobuilding new homes.There is no one otherthing we can do thatwill have such ameaningful and lastingimpact in making ourchildren safer from firewhere they live.As the opponents growmore and moresuccessful in theirpoliticizing the issue,perhaps we have lostthe public’s sentiment.Did we ever really haveit? After all, PresidentLincoln clearlyunderstood its powerwhen he said “In thisand like communities,public sentiment iseverything. With publicsentiment, nothing canfail; without it nothingcan succeed.”Now I admit, I hadgrown weary of thebattle myself and withthe euphoria ourmonumentalundertaking inMinneapolis almostseven years ago wearingoff, I had just aboutgiven up that we werefinally going to be ableto leave ourgenerational mark onfire safety in thiscountry. I had almostsurrendered hope thatwe were going to beable to do somethingthat would ensure thatfor generations tocome, far fewerfamilies would loseeven one child to fire.That is until now. Thisfire has reinvigoratedme because we cannotcontinue to kill ourmost cherishedtreasures – our children.Dorothy Height said,“We've got to work tosave our children anddo it with full respectfor the fact that if wedo not, no one else isgoing to do it.”So I am staying all in onthe residential sprinklerbattle. Will you?PaulPaul Martin, PresidentPaul D. Martin is DeputyState Fire Administratorfor the New York StateOffice of Fire Preventionand Control where heserved as a principlearchitect of New YorkState’s nationallyacclaimed Campus FireSafety Program.Under Paul’s leadership,the staff of theInspections andInvestigations Branch isresponsible for: fire andlife safety inspections in avery diverse collection of

FROM THE PRESIDENTfacilities throughout NewYork State, including allcolleges and universities;performing fireinvestigations statewideof fatal, large loss orother significant fires;providing fire safetyeducation and informationdissemination intended toelevate the public’sunderstanding of thedanger of fire; andenforcement of the lawsand regulations of thestate regarding firesafety, including theworld’s first standard forreduce ignition propensitycigarettes.Paul is active in theNational Association ofState Fire Marshals, wherehe serves as Vice-Chair oftheir Model CodesCommittee and works onissues associated with fireand life safety for specialneeds occupancies.Additionally, he serves asco-chair of Prevention,Advocacy, Resource andData Exchange (PARADE),a program of the UnitedStates Fire Administrationdesigned to foster theexchange of fire-relatedprevention/ protectionBy Paul D. MartinMarch 2015information and resourcesamong Federal, State, andlocal levels ofgovernment.He serves on theInternational BuildingCode - Means of EgressCommittee for theInternational CodeCouncil, where he isactive in the developmentof the Codes promulgatedunder the auspices of theICC. Additionally he is aprinciple member of theNFPA technical committeecurrently drafting a newstandard on FirePrevention UnitOrganization andDeployment.Paul holds an associatedegree in fire science, abachelor of science inpublic administration andhas an extensive portfolioof professionaldevelopment education.During his fire servicecareer spanning morethan thirty years, Paul hasserved in multiple lineand administrationpositions and has receivedseveral awards of valor,including the 2000FirehouseMagazine national grandprize for heroism.Published by The Center forCampus Fire Safety.campusfiresafety.org978.961.0410 email

THE INSPECTORBy Phil ChandlerMarch 2015The truth be known, theInspector had a priorlife, that of an oldfashioned retailer. Mystandard operatingprocedures were guidedby a body of acceptedprinciples and maximshanded down fromprevious generations.One succinct sentimentthat resonates with meto this dayposits thefollowing:“The boss isthe one withthe broom.”When pushcomes to shoveand the jobhas to getdone, it is theone with a realproprietaryinterest in the venturethat will do what needsdoing, no matter howunpleasant or menial.To those that have hadthe unique pleasure ofhaving to make apayroll each week, nofurther elaboration isrequired.Sadly, the aboveparadigm has littledirect parallel in thecampus setting. It israre for an individual toexhibit proprietaryinterest beyond that ofmaintaining one’spersonal position in theorganization or that ofone’s department. Thisis especially the caseduring a campusemergency. It is oftenvery hard to determinewho is really in charge.Many are reluctant toput their you-knowwhat on the line duringa crisis for fear ofrecriminations shouldtheir actions be judgedunfavorably by anynumber of campusconstituenciesadvancing any numberof rapidly changingagendas. Soundfamiliar?Perhaps the nature ofthe Universityencourages anatmosphere suspiciousof authority whereeverything issubject toexaminationand debate.Whatever theunderlyingcause, timeand time againin the face ofpending crisis,I haveobserved thefollowingconditions on thecampus: Lack ofaccountability, unclearchain of command andpoor communication.These threedeficiencies whetherthey are found on thecampus, in governmentor in emergency

THE INSPECTORBy Phil ChandlerMarch 2015services, usually assureunsatisfactoryoutcomes: people gethurt or resources aresquandered.Moreover, the fullspectrum of emergencyplanning andpreparedness, a wholechapter heading in theInternational Fire Code,is given scant attentionby campus officials.Collective bodies likecolleges and universitiesare complacent when itcomes to committingtime and money to dealwith any number ofwhat-if scenarios, fire,power outages orchemical spills, to namejust a few. If it’s not inthe headlines, or in thecross-hairs of agovernment regulatoryauthority, it can wait.Consider the followingoccurrence: One chillyautumn night, anundergroundtransformer exploded,knocking out power to afour-story, 300 bed,college residence hall.The public safetyofficer on siterequested a supervisorto the scene. Theranking officer, a newlyminted corporal,requested thedispatcher to startdialing everyone on theemergency responselist. An hour into theincident, the onlypeople responding totheir pages was anelectrician and the firesafety specialist, whowas only notifiedbecause of thenumerous systemtrouble alarmsgenerated by theoutage. The lonecorporal, by default,was in charge. Based ona consensus of thosepresent, the decisionwas made to evacuateall occupants.Public safety officers onthe scene directedevacuees to thegymnasium fortemporary shelteragainst the elementsuntil senior campusofficials might arrive.Regardless of howlogical the temporarysolution was, theathletics directorrefused access to thefacility. Students werefinally told to stay withfriends on campus.Some did, some left thecampus for town andsome went home. Therewas no attempt atpersonal accountability.Each man, or woman,for themselves!Finally, several hoursaft

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