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Dispatches

SCHOOL
SPIRIT

IN ADVANCE OF THE UPCOMING CAMPUS FIRE
FORUM, A FIRE MARSHAL AT A MAJOR UNIVERSITY
DETAILS THE MYRIAD DEMANDS OF CAMPUS SAFETY:
CROWD CONTROL, LABORATORY HAZARDS, STUDENT
SHENANIGANS, AND MUCH MORE
By Justin Daniels
magine overseeing campus fire
safety at a major university: tens
of thousands of students, staff, and
faculty; hundreds of buildings to
inspect; events that can draw tens
of thousands of visitors; hazard assessment for
cutting-edge research, some of which can push the
code to the limit; active threat management; and
much, much more.
I don't have to imagine it-as fire marshal at
the University of Oklahoma, it's my daily on-thejob reality. And in truth, sometimes it can feel
like trying to drink from a fire hose.
Large college campuses are essentially selfcontained cities with an array of unique challenges for fire and safety officials. Being a campus
fire marshal doesn't mean retiring from a local
municipality and riding out the rest of your
career-far from it. Over the past two decades,
the role of the campus fire marshal has become
increasingly complex and diverse, expanding to
include emergency manager, risk manager, and

I

FULL HOUSE
Large universities
routinely host
events that
draw tens
of thousands
of attendees,
presenting fire
marshals and other
campus officials
with a range
of safety and
security issues.

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medical technician. This
jack-of-all-trades quality is an
absolute necessity for campus
fire marshals-surprises and
changes to the daily schedule
have become the new normal.
Along the way, campus fire
safety in general has grown
into a specialized area of fire
protection.
It's a lot to manage, but
help is available. The nonprofit Center for Campus Fire
Safety (CCFS) advocates for
campus fire safety officials at
institutions large and small.
CCFS was founded after this
need was identified during
the first national forum on
campus fire safety, held in
1999, for campus and public
fire officials and hosted
by NFPA and the US Fire
Administration.
The upcoming Campus
Fire Forum in Atlanta will
mark the progress of campus
fire safety over the past 20
years, achieved in large part
through public and private
partnerships and adherence
to the guiding principles of engineering, education,
and enforcement. CCFS forums support campus
fire officials by providing an event where experiences and information can be shared, and where
solutions to issues like off-campus fire safety are
explored and new technologies introduced.
This year's forum will be a collaboration with
Georgia Tech University-a return to the forum's
roots, when the event was hosted by a local
campus. The university setting offers participants

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