alt.education

.... Fire safety probably is the last thing on the minds of parents when
they send their sons and daughters off to college. However, a recent report
[1] from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) notes that fires in
campus residences are on the rise at the same time that the number of
structure fires, in general, is falling. Over the past three decades
structure fires in the United States have declined from just over a million
per year to around 500,000 per year thanks to improved building codes,
stricter code enforcement, and better construction techniques. The number
of fires in college residence halls, and fraternity and sorority houses
declined at a slower rate from 1980 to 1998 (from about 3,200 per year in
1980 to about 1,800 per year in 1998). However, since 1999 the number of
residence hall and fraternity/sorority fires has risen to the 3,300 per year
range. On average seven civilians die and 46 civilians are injured in these
fires each year, and they cause some $25 million in direct property damage.
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