Fire Safety - Office of Risk Management

OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT

SMU FIRE

Introduction
Fire Safety

Evacuation Procedures

Fire Prevention

Fire Safety Education
Forms and Requests
Fire and Crime Log

Fire Safety Manual

Fire Safety Fact Sheets

Residence Halls

About SMU Fire Safety

The primary goals of the SMU Fire Safety Program are:

To maintain fire hazard vigilance such that campus fire hazard conditions are continually eliminated;
To create a campus community that knows how to prevent fire emergencies, and knows what to do if fire emergencies should arise;

To maintain compliance with:
-University fire policies
-City fire codes
-Applicable state and federal fire regulations

The following objectives ensure that this goal is achieved:
Continually identify fire hazards and take appropriate mitigation actions before those conditions result in a fire emergency;
Oversee ongoing, scheduled, fire safety inspections of all fire suppression systems;
Raise fire safety awareness among students, faculty, and staff by conducting ongoing training that covers essential fire safety.

The training is specific to the hazards of the academic environment, yet includes general fire training such as evacuation procedures;
Contribute to debriefing sessions among first responders after fire events transpire, improving plans and protocols;
Conduct third party fire safety audits;
Develop and enforce sound fire safety policies.

SMU's Division of Fire Safety also actively engages in long term strategic planning, which includes: Monitoring of fire alarms with the EST FireWorks System, a 3D interface technology with the most innovative life safety system to provide a simple means of monitoring and control for SMU's building systems.