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Tennessee governor signs proclamation
designating September as Campus Fire
Safety Month |
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Program enters its sixth year with 142
proclamations having been issued to date |
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via
Tennessee Fire Service Google Group... |
May 4, 2010 Tennessee Governor Phil
Bredesen is the tenth governor to sign a
proclamation in 2010 for Campus Fire
Safety Month which will occur in
September. Since 2005, 142 proclamations
have been issued by the nation’s
governors as well as resolutions being
passed by the U.S. House of
Representatives and the Senate. Schools
use September as an
opportunity to educate students about
what they need to know about stopping a
potentially fatal fire from happening
and what to do if one should break out.
States that have issued proclamations in
2010 include:
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Washington
- Wisconsin
In the current academic year, 5 people
have been killed in campus-related
fires, the lowest on record. Since
Campus Firewatch began gathering
information in 2000, 140 people have
died in campus-related fires across the
nation with over 80 percent occurring in
off-campus housing.
A map with the state proclamations is
available on
www.campus-firewatch.comby clicking
on the button Campus Fire Safety Month. |
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