SUNY Canton Burns Model Dorm Room to Promote Fire Safety

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CANTON, NY (10/07/2014)(readMedia)-- SUNY Canton will be staging a fire in a model dorm room to raise awareness of fire safety.

The controlled burn is part of a daylong series of fire prevention training programs sponsored by the college's Environmental Health and Safety office. SUNY Canton's Fire Safety Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, on the Roselle Academic Plaza on SUNY Canton's campus. The dorm room demonstration is scheduled for noon.

"The dorm room we will burn was built specifically for this demonstration by students in the Wood Structures class," said Torey J. Russell, environmental health and safety coordinator. "It will be a learning exercise to demonstrate how quickly a fire can spread."

Members of the Canton Volunteer Fire Department will be on hand to put out the fire.

There will also be a fire extinguisher training simulator, and Christopher Taylor of the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control Office will be distributing information.

Fire Safety Day is designed to raise awareness and educate SUNY Canton students, faculty and staff members, but is also free and open to the public.

About SUNY Canton

SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as eight exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 14 athletic teams compete as provisional members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.

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