This month's "New Jersey" magazine ran article on Ms. Christmas -- a
survivor and hero -- she helped to get her fellow resident students OUT
of the building. I am sure that reprints can be obtained.
Gene Ritchie
Associate Director of Facilities
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, New Jersey
Ed Comeau wrote:
>
> In today's update...
>
> Seton Hall, One Year Later (2)
> Off-Campus House Fire
>
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> The following accounts have been taken
> from press reports and, unless otherwise
> indicated, have not been independently verified.
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>
> Seton Hall, One Year Later (2 articles)
> The Seton Hall tragedy occurred one year ago today. There are several
> stories running that are looking back at what has occurred since that event.
>
> ***
>
> Dorm safety issue cooling too quickly?
> http://www.bergen.com/news/safebk200101193.htm
> Bergen Record
>
> In late summer 1999, a group of fire chiefs, college officials, and safety
> experts from across the country gathered in Quincy, Mass., to begin a
> campaign. Their mission: Make fire safety a higher priority on the nation's
> campuses. (This article includes an interview with Ed Comeau from Campus
> Firewatch.)
>
> ***
>
> Seton Hall Fire Still a Mystery
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010117/us/college_dorm_fire_1.html
> Associated Press
>
> SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Shawn Simons was moving too fast to feel any pain,
> crawling down a hallway through smoke and flames that peeled layers of skin
> off his face and hands. He wouldn't feel it until he woke up from a coma in
> the hospital two weeks later.
>
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> Off-Campus House Fire
> January 16, 2001
> Colgate University
> Hamilton, New York
> The following information was provided by John Basher, Colgate University on
> the IACFSO listserv
>
> Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
> A fire in an off campus apartment house put 10 students in a situation to
> find housing for the spring term No students were in the house as they will
> not return from the semester break until Jan.20-21.
>
> A 2 story wood frame structure was well involved in fire when a passerby
> noticed the flames at 0241 hours on January 16.
>
> The Hamilton Fire Department was on the scene at 0247hrs. The fire had
> already consumed the rear portion of the house located in a residential area
> next to the Colgate campus in the Village of Hamilton, NY. The house was
> not equipped with a fire alarm system or a sprinkler system.
>
> Ten students had to be notified to find another place for the Spring term
> that starts next Monday, January 22.
>
> John Basher
> Assistant Director of Fire Safety
> Colgate University
> Hamilton, NY 13346
>
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