Fire Safety on YouTube
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Community Assistant Fire Academy Video Information:
In August 2012, ¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß University’s Department of Fire Safety held the first annual Community Assistant Fire Academy at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute. This "Academy" gave students a unique, tangible lesson in fire safety, giving them the opportunity to feel the effects of a fire within a building. The "Academy" was the first of its kind in New Jersey.
¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß University would like to thank the staff at the "Bergen County Fire Academy" for their tireless efforts at making this academy possible.
After the Fire Video Information:
On January 19, 2000, a fire ravaged Boland Hall, a freshman residence hall on the campus of Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. As a result of the fire, three students, Aaron Karol, Frank Caltabilota, and John Giunta, died. Fifty-eight other students, including Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, were injured. Robin Gaby Fisher, the award winning author of After the Fire, a book which discusses the struggle of Shawn and Alvaro as they recovered from their both their psychological and physical wounds inflicted during the Boland Hall fire, visited the campus of ¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß University to discuss the seriousness of fires in residence halls.
Fire Safety Video Information:
Shawn Simons, a survivor and burn victim from the Seton Hall fire of 2000, speaks to students at ¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß University stressing the importance of evacuating quickly and taking all alarms seriously. The video also introduces new resident students at ¾«Æ·³ÉÈ˸£ÀûÔÚÏß University to basic fire safety tips and procedures.