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        At Saint Michael's College in VT both candles and halogen lamps are
prohibited...  this has also been applied to staff offices when it came to
attention of the electrician(s).

        A survey of residential students in the mid-90's yielded
disappointing results- in spite of policy, some 60-70% of students used
candles anyways.  As of last academic semester, fines were instituted and
assessed to several students by Res.Life- too many unattended (and burning)
candles found to frequently.

        Jim Mossman
        Fire Prevention
        Saint Michael's College Safety & Security
        One Winooski Park / Box 280
        Colchester, VT 05439

        8026542374
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        (As a followup to the listserve question a couple months ago about
practice evacuations vs. using real alarms as practice opportunities...  I
brought the overwhelming response in favor of special practice evacuations
to my boss, and it sounds like that will be put into place in first-year
housing this year.   Thanks for advertising the accepted practices.)

        FIRE PREVENTION  -   A SKILL FOR LIFE