At LSU we prohibit the use of halogen lamps in sleeping rooms and are for the
first time this year are banning the use of candles in dorm rooms altogether. We
have had more than one fire result from candles in the dorms in the past several
years. Fortunately, they were confined to the room and the general area of the
candles, but the potential for far more damage was there. Interestingly enough
one fire was caused by an adult chaperon who was accompanying a group of high
school kids in a program at the university. She was using the candle to mask the
odor of her cigarette smoke. Another was a resident assistant who left a candle
unattended and it caught the top of an aquarium on fire. The fire was
extinguished, but only after a lot of smoke damage to the room and to the
property of the resident.

Mike Durham

Campus Firewatch wrote:

> For an upcoming issue of Campus Firewatch I am looking for information on
> two campus policies that I'm hoping everyone could help me with.
>
> 1) What is your policy on candles in dormitories?
>  a) Do you ban them outright?
>  b) Do you ban them, but make allowances for religious purposes?
>  c) If you do make allowances, are there special requirements that the
> student must meet before using them?
>
> 2) What is your policy on Halogen lamps in dormitories?
>
> I'll have the results in Campus Firewatch.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
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