Fire Safety

Disciplinary Action: Careless or Reckless: $100 fine, restitution for property damage, and one year University disciplinary probation, and residence hall probation for a resident student.

Disciplinary Action: Intentional (Arson): Referral to police/fire authorities for prosecution, restitution for property damage, and expulsion from the University

Disciplinary Action:Referral to police/fire authorities for prosecution, $250 fine, and one year suspension from the University

Disciplinary Action: Careless or Reckless:$100 fine

Disciplinary Action: Intentional:转介警方/消防当局检控、罚款250元及停学一年。

Disciplinary Action: Careless or Reckless:$100 and restitution for property damage.

Disciplinary Action: Intentional:Referral to police/fire authorities for prosecution, $250 fine, restitution for property damage, and one year suspension from the University.

Disciplinary Action:$250 fine, restitution for property damage, and one year University disciplinary probation (and residential hall probation for a resident student).

Disciplinary Action: First Offense:100美元的罚款。

Disciplinary Action: Second Offense:$200 fine, seven day suspension from the residence halls and residential hall probation (if resident student).

Disciplinary Action: Third Offense:Permanent removal from housing (if a resident student) and possible suspension from the University.

做饭引起的火灾仍然是美国家庭最常见的火灾类型。做饭用的火也是居民火灾伤害的主要原因。只要注意使用烹饪材料和设备，就可以预防这些火灾。

• Never leave boiling, frying, or broiling food unattended. Stay in the kitchen! If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
• Regularly check food that is cooking; use a timer to remind yourself that you are cooking.
• Keep anything that can catch fire—oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels, or curtains—away from your stovetop.
• Keep the stovetop, burners, and oven clean.
• 做饭时穿短的、贴身的或紧卷的袖子。宽松的衣服会挂在炉子上，如果接触到燃气或电炉就会着火。
• Have a “kid-free zone” of at least 3 feet around the stove and areas where hot food or drink is prepared or carried.
• Always use cooking equipment that has the label of a recognized testing laboratory, such as Underwriters Laboratories.
• Follow manufacturer’s instructions and code requirements when installing, cleaning, and operating cooking equipment.
• Plug microwave ovens or other cooking appliances directly into an outlet. Never use an extension cord for cooking appliances as it can overload the circuit and cause a fire.
• Check electrical cords for cracks, breaks or damage.

Every year almost 1,000 smokers and non-smokers are killed in home fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials. The U.S. Fire Administration is working to help prevent home fire deaths and injuries caused by smoking materials. You can make a difference!

• If you smoke, smoke outside.
• Wherever you smoke, use deep, sturdy ashtrays.
• 确保香烟和烟灰都熄灭了。
• Soak cigarette butts and ashes in water before throwing them away.
• Check for cigarette butts in furniture or on the floor.
• Never smoke in a home where oxygen is used.
• If you smoke, fire-safe cigarettes are better.
• Be alert!

Electrical fires in our homes claim the lives of 418 Americans each year and injure 1,570 more. Some of these fires are caused by electrical system failures and appliance defects, but many more are caused by the misuse and poor maintenance of electrical appliances, incorrectly installed wiring and overloaded circuits.

• Routinely check your electrical appliances and wiring.
• Frayed wires can cause fires. Replace all worn, old or damaged appliance cords immediately.
• 明智地使用电子延长线，不要让它们过载。
• Keep electrical appliances away from wet floors and counters; pay special care to electrical appliances in the bathroom and kitchen.
• When buying electrical appliances look for products evaluated by a nationally recognized laboratory, such and Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL).
• Don’t allow children to play with or around electrical appliances like space heaters, irons and hair dryers.
• 将衣服、窗帘和其他可能易燃的物品与所有加热器保持至少3英尺的距离。
• If an appliance has a three-prong plug, only use it in a three-slot outlet. Never force it to fit into a two-slot outlet or extension cord.
• Never overload extension cords or wall sockets.
• Immediately shut off, then professionally replace, light switches that are hot to the touch and lights that flicker.
• Use safety closures to “child-proof” electrical outlets.
• Check your electrical tools regularly for signs of wear.

Please help all the first responders and building evacuation wardens. Leave as soon as you hear the alarm. If you are the last one out of your room close the door and windows if possible. If you are interested in becoming an Evacuation Warden please contact Lieutenant James Smith of Public Safety at 516.877.3437.