Fire Safety at each university
The following is a graph on the number of fire incidents at each university in the SEC for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Each university provides an annual fire safety report and/or a fire log of all fire incidents that occurr on campus. Each school's fire report/fire log provides the date the fire occurred, the building or residence hall in which it occurred, the cause of the fire, the number of deaths caused by the fire, the number of injuries caused by the fire, and the estimated property damage.
As shown in the graphs, fire incidents on campus are relatively rare. Normally only a handful of fires on a university's campus are reported each year. The highest number of fires reported for any university from 2009 through 2011 was 10 fires for Mississippi State University in 2011.
In addition to providing statistics on fires that occur on campus, universities are also required to publish information on fire safety systems, policies and practices. All institutions that participate in Title IX programs and maintain on-campus student housing facilities are required to disclose this information by the Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act, which is one of the main provisions of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, which was signed into law in 2008.
The HEOA contains several crucial campus safety components. The government has passed other similar legislation, such as The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (also known as the Clery Act), in an effort to increase transparency and campus safety. The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid to keep and disclose information about crime that occurs on and near their respective campuses. Compliance to the Clery Act is monitored by the U.S. Department of Education, which can impose civil fines for violations. The law is named for Jeanne Clery, a Lehigh University freshman who was raped and murdered in her campus residence hall in 1986.
More information on laws and regulations pertaining to our project can be found by clicking on the "Rules and Regulations" link under the "About" tab.
Each university provides an annual fire safety report and/or a fire log of all fire incidents that occurr on campus. Each school's fire report/fire log provides the date the fire occurred, the building or residence hall in which it occurred, the cause of the fire, the number of deaths caused by the fire, the number of injuries caused by the fire, and the estimated property damage.
As shown in the graphs, fire incidents on campus are relatively rare. Normally only a handful of fires on a university's campus are reported each year. The highest number of fires reported for any university from 2009 through 2011 was 10 fires for Mississippi State University in 2011.
In addition to providing statistics on fires that occur on campus, universities are also required to publish information on fire safety systems, policies and practices. All institutions that participate in Title IX programs and maintain on-campus student housing facilities are required to disclose this information by the Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act, which is one of the main provisions of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, which was signed into law in 2008.
The HEOA contains several crucial campus safety components. The government has passed other similar legislation, such as The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (also known as the Clery Act), in an effort to increase transparency and campus safety. The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid to keep and disclose information about crime that occurs on and near their respective campuses. Compliance to the Clery Act is monitored by the U.S. Department of Education, which can impose civil fines for violations. The law is named for Jeanne Clery, a Lehigh University freshman who was raped and murdered in her campus residence hall in 1986.
More information on laws and regulations pertaining to our project can be found by clicking on the "Rules and Regulations" link under the "About" tab.