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SimplexGrinnell Learn from the Leader Webinar Series. The Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS)  is participating with SimplexGrinnell in their “Learn from the Leader” series of webinars. CCFS President, Paul D. Martin will present the Higher Education Opportunity Act – An overview of Campus Safety Requirements.

You’ll learn:

• The fire safety and emergency response and evacuation components of the Higher Education Opportunity Act
• The associated regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education
• Resources available to colleges and universities
• Best-practice examples of the ways several campuses are complying with the new requirements

A Certificate of Attendance Will Be Issued to All Participants

A Free Webinar – September 15, 2010 – 12 noon – 1 PM - (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Higher Education Opportunity Act:

An Overview of Campus Safety Requirements

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) lays out campus safety requirements for colleges and universities in a number of critical areas, including fire safety and emergency response and evacuation. While the law was enacted in August 2008, the deadlines for some key reporting requirements are now approaching. By October 1, 2010, institutions must include in their Annual Security Report a statement of policy regarding emergency response and evacuation procedures. Institutions that maintain on campus student housing must also publish an Annual Fire Safety Report that includes fire statistics and describes fire safety policies, practices and systems.

This free webinar will provide an overview of campus safety requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act and explore compliance efforts and practices.

Meet Your Presenter:

Paul D. Martin is the president of the Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) and chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention with the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Knowledgeable and highly respected, he has over three decades of experience in the fire service. In his role with CCFS, he leads the only national, non-profit, organization devoted to reducing fires at campuses across the nation through education and advocacy. Paul served as member of the negotiated rule making committee for the U.S. Department of Education, which developed the regulations associated with the Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act. He is active on a multitude of industry boards and committees, including Prevention, Advocacy, Resource and Data Exchange (PARADE), a program of the United States Fire Administration; National Association of State Fire Marshals; and the International Building Code – Means of Egress Committee for the International Code Council.

Live Safe Foundation is an Ohio based non-profit organization (501c3), and leading grassroots movement, devoted to making and fire and life safety education, awareness initiatives and life saving tools available on a broad basis to communities, campuses, and institutions in an effort to reduce national fire fatalities and fire losses. Live Safe aims to help finance fire safety education where means are otherwise unavailable. Live Safe is developing and sponsoring programs to help groups find the resources needed to advance individual and community fire safety.

The Campus Fire Safety Act of 2010 would help provide fire safety education and training to students through a new $25 million competitive grant program to help institutions of higher education improve or start fire safety education programs. Programs that include educational material specifically aimed at students with disabilities will receive priority funding.

We need your help! Please take a look at the legistlation and tell LiveSafe what you think.

You can view the new H.R. 4908: The Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2010 at http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200523360.html

Also, for more information visit WashingtonWatch.com (http://www.washingtonwatch.com) where you will find unique resources for information on government spending, taxation, and regulation.

You can make a difference by sharing this bill will your local representative. Each person you share this with can continue this ripple effect. Together, we can garner a network of Fire Safety champions, making the Campus Fire Safety Act effective and impactful.

LiveSafe Foundation is an Ohio based non-profit organization (501c3), and leading grassroots movement, devoted to making fire safety education, awareness initiatives and life saving tools available on a broad basis to communities, campuses, and institutions in an effort to reduce national fire fatalities and fire losses. LiveSafe aims to help finance fire safety education where means are otherwise unavailable. LiveSafe is developing and sponsoring programs to help groups find the resources needed to advance individual and community fire safety.