UMEMS Provide Life-saving Training for peers

UMEMS Provide Life-saving Training for peers

Members of UMEMS have provided CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) training to over 140 of their peers during the Spring 2013 semester.  CPR/AED knowledge is a life skill that participants will have with them long after their time at the University.

The EMTs with UMEMS have also provided first response EMS coverage to over 230 events on campus during the semester.

Visit UMEMS for more information on this University Agency.

Thoreau sprinkler project completes goal of 100% Residence Hall fire protection coverage

State Fire Marshal with EHS Director

Campus completes massive, voluntary fire sprinkler installation in residence halls

 
All 45 of the campus's residence halls are now protected with fire sprinkler systems, following a massive, voluntary retrofit to protect students in one of the nation’s large

2011 Campus Fire Safety Right to Know Report

The Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), has released the annual Campus Fire Safety Right to Know Report.  This document is available at http://ehs.umass.edu/campus-fire-safety-right-know-report-2011.

2013 Residential Fire Log - University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Department of Environmental Health and Safety maintains the fire log for reported fires in on-campus student housing as required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008/Rules and Regulations Section 668.49 (d). A fire incident is defined as any instance of open flame, or other burning in a place not intended to contain the burning, or in an uncontrolled manner.

This log is now available on-line for review.

 

UMass hosts HAZMAT training exercise

UMass and Community Responders train on campus
firefighters and safety officials

Local firefighters and public safety officials participated in a hazardous materials drill at the Central Heating Plant on the University of Massachusetts campus on July 24. Planned for and sponsored by Environmental Health and Safety and the Central Heating Plant, the exercise afford campus and community emergency response personnel the opportunity to train together on campus.