Key Note Address

About Columbus

Our Partners & Exhibitors

 

Welcome to Columbus, Ohio - March 4th & 5th, 2013

 

This event is one of the most popular, and highest rated conferences of its kind in the world.

 

  
Leaders in Higher Education Safety!
 

We are the "Affordable Conference!"
 

                

 

                                                   

      

 

We would like to THANK the 250 + attendees from 31 different US States and 2 Countries for attending this anniversary event!

 

We asked our attendees to rate their experience!   1. How would you rate the cost of the 2013 conference?
Very Good/Excellent		91%
Reasonable		8%
Other		1%
2. How would you rate the quality of the presenters in most of the sessions you attended?
Very Good/Excellent		89%
Good		6%
Other		5%
3. How would you rate the Hyatt Hotel and accommodations?
Very Good/Excellent		92%
Good		6%
Fair		1%
Other		1%
4. What was your opinion of the Key-Note session?
Very Good/Excellent		100%
Fair		0%
Other		0%
6. Did you take advantage of the Expo portion of the program and engage the exhibitors (partners)?
Yes - I engaged and spoke with 16-20 of the partners/exhibitors		21%
Yes - I engaged and spoke with 21 or more or more of the partners/exhibitors		76%
Other		3%
7. How likely are you to return for future "Professional Development" programs and recommend this conference to others?
Very Likely		95%
Likely		4%
Other		1%

 

This annual conference provides  over 30 educational workshops, presented by the nation’s leading fire safety, security and risk management professionals. This is the only international conference focusing exclusively on Campus Fire Safety, Security, & Risk Management. Most of the educational facilities in this country are small colleges & universities. Greek representatives, and k-12 school district staff wear  “many hats”. We focus this annual event on bringing you as much education and training related to all of these areas so you can receive the “best value for your training dollar”.  

The purpose of this annual event is to provide high-quality education, technology and networking opportunities for campus fire safety and other related responsibilities. Our multiple day, multiple track format offers a self-directed, facilitated learning environment with education sessions, interactive forums, and extensive vendor & technology exhibition.

 

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Glenn Gaines  to open the 10th Annual Conference and Expo.

 

Glenn A. Gaines
Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator

As the Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator for the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). He is responsible for managing USFA and the programs and training activities at the National Emergency Training Center.

 

 

                "After the Fire" - a very heartwarming true story.....

                                    Alvaro Llanos and Shawn Simons

 

 

On January 19, 2000, a fire raged through Seton Hall University's freshman dormitory, killing three students and injuring 58 others. Among the victims were Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, roommates from poor neighborhoods who made their families proud by getting into college. They managed to escape, but both were burned terribly.

 

AFTER THE FIRE is the story of these young men and their courageous fight to recover from the worst damage the burn unit at Saint Barnabas hospital had ever seen. It is the story of the extraordinary doctors and nurses who work with the burned.

 

Alvaro and Shawn talk more about their ordeal of being college burn victims nationally at many colleges across the country. They also speak at high schools as well as fire safety training or firefighting seminars and conferences. Their motive is to be advocates for fire safety and prevention so that no other students will have to endure the pain that they suffered. Also, they strive to be the voice of many burn victims across the country who may feel "trapped in their new skin."

 

Their story is one of survival, perseverance, inspiration, hope, courage and friendship. They inspire to motivate students and professionals that life will give you many obstacles. It's how you overcome those obstacles by drawing strength, knowledge and motivation from those around you.

 

Please read more by clicking the keynote address tab located above.......

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Students with Special Needs and Disabilities

The First Ever - Summit on Emergency Preparedness and Planning for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. 

 

 

 

 

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Campus Mass-Notification Systems

 

On a Sunday late in May 2011, the campus of Missouri Southern State University, located in Joplin, Mo., was hosting the Joplin High School graduation. Within 30 minutes of the commencement’s conclusion an EF5 tornado took aim at the town. Although the regular students, usually numbering nearly 6,000, had gone home for summer break, the campus was still full of visitors for the graduation.

 

Fortunately, the MSSU campus had an emergency communication system that provided mass notification capabilities inside the university buildings as well as exterior areas, using powerful speaker arrays. Only recently installed, the system had been tested every Monday morning, but this was the first real emergency. When the tornado warning was issued, the university took immediate action: “A tornado warning has been issued for our area,” the speakers said. “Move to the lowest floor away from windows and stairways. DO NOT EXIT a building. If outdoors, move to a building immediately and seek shelter.”

 

We will hear from MMSU (via video) on just how their MNS worked “as designed”.

 

Mass Notification Systems (MNS) are still a concern with many campus administrations, students, their parents, and the general public all who want to know about the emergency notification systems that campuses should have in place.

Underwriters Laboratories (UL) will help explain the technology, and what the requirements are for MNS Systems. Many companies are approaching colleges and universities with their products calling their offerings “Mass Notification”. We will discuss why some of these systems may be considered as back-up systems but not your primary means for proper and effective emergency notification.

 

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Do you have campus-wide events with 50 or more people in attendance?

 

   

 

Concerned with Crowd Management........

 

The deadliest fires in United States history have involved places of assembly. Of particular concern are indoor venues where the exits to the building were not immediately apparent to panicked patrons.  Since the crowd crush at the E2 Night Club took 21 lives in Chicago (February 17, 2003) and the inferno at The Station nightclub (February 20, 2003) claimed 100 lives in the fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history, NFPA has enacted tough new code provisions for fire sprinklers and crowd management in assembly venues. Those provisions mark sweeping changes to the codes and standards governing safety in assembly occupancies.

 

These and many other incidents across the county and the world have sparked nationwide awareness about the fire and life safety code issues in places of assembly. This awareness has sparked concerns about the fire code issues in places of assembly. Those issues surround crowd management – controlling groups of people at clubs, sporting events, conventions, and other gatherings, and making sure that facilities are equipped to handle such crowds so that the occupants can GET OUT ALIVE

 

Most higher education campuses are full of public assembly facilities and have many large scale events throughout the course of the academic year. These include but are not limited to: sporting events, concerts, theater, movies & campus wide activities, and most important - graduation.

 

We have secured a representative of the NFPA Technical Committee on Public Assemblies and Crowd Management to discuss this very hot topic.

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Our 2010 event was the largest gathering of Campus Fire & Safety Professionals on record. We hosted over 250 people from 34 states and 3 countries.
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Our 2012 event was the 2nd largest gathering of Campus Fire & Safety Professionals on record. We hosted over 200 people from 33 states and 3 countries.
 

To view the 2012 Conference Program [Click Here]   To view photos of the 2012 Conference [Click Here]
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Our 2011 event was the 3rd largest gathering of Campus Fire & Safety Professionals on record. We hosted over 180 people from 36 states and 4 countries.

 

To view the 2011 Conference Program [Click Here]   To view photos of the 2011 Conference [Click Here] 

 

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