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Thursday, December 7. 1972
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University Daily Kansan
Halls Meet Fire Standards, Lack Sprinklers
University of Kansas residence halls meet state fire codes standards, and regulations, but there is always the fear of a fire in the building. The director of University housing, said Tuesday.
A recent rash of fires in big-rise buildings across the country has aroused concern about fire precautions and escape routes. Several persons in these fires were killed when they jumped from windows to escape the blazes.
Presently none is equipped with sprinkler residence halls
One reason that the halls do not have
sprinkler systems is that many false alarms are turned in at residence halls and a sprinkler system could cause a large amount of water damage, Wilson said.
"All university inspections are taken care of by the state," said Walter Parker, opn-
pologist with the University of Texas.
The fire department regularly inspects the downtown area, but conducts inspections in private homes only when requested to do so.
Wilson said that there were constantly small trash fires in residence halls, but most were extinguished quickly and, usually, the only damage was from water.
"We try to educate the students about the proper way to behave in case of a fire and ask them not to disturb the alarm system unless it is needed." Wilson said.
Parker said that a false belief by many students was that residence halls were connected to the fire department by their alarms.
"They need to call us after setting off the alarm to get everyone un." he said.
All residence halls are set up for the best precautions and escape routes possible, on-site.
"We have regular inspections," he said,
"and so far we have had an excellent
According to city fire officials, overloaded circuits and furnaces in need of repair were two of the major causes of fire for this time of year.
Parner said that another major cause of this was negligence in the handling of cigarettes in her office.
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