New York State Education Law requires notification of fire safety standards and measures in all college-owned or college-operated housing. To facilitate compliance, the following information is provided:
- The fire alarm system in our buildings have state-of-the-art voice-capable addressable fire alarm systems. This allows College emergency personnel to respond quickly to the area in question and allows for authorities to broadcast emergency messages over the fire alarm system to each building.
- Fire drills are conducted twice each semester by University Police.
- Fire inspections are conducted periodically each semester by Residence Life and Residential Education staff and semesterly by fire safety personnel.
- Fire extinguishers are located throughout the residence hall hallways and in kitchens. University Police and Office of Residence Life and Residential Education staff are on duty twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to respond to any fire-related emergency.
Additional fire safety information may also be found in the annual Clery-Fire Report.
- All residents should review the Building Evacuation procedures located in your hall.
- A list of suggested items will be provided by the Office of Residence Life and Residential Education prior to the start of each semester based on common fire safety violations and recommendations for avoiding these violations.
- Prohibited Items include, but are not limited to:
- Air conditioners
- Candles
- Coffee pots without an auto-shutoff feature
- E-Bikes, E-scooters, and Hoverboards
- Electric blankets
- Electrical outlet adaptors or splitters
- Extension cords (including heavy-duty)
- Heater (including personal space heaters)
- Kitchen appliances, including but not limited to:
- Air fryers
- Crockpots
- Foreman Grill
- Instapots/Pressure Cookers
- Hot Pots/Hot Plates
- Toasters/Toaster Ovens
- Other items deemed by Fire Safety personnel to be against fire code
- Lamps with plastic shades
- Lava lamps
- Fridge exceeding 5 cubic feet
- Sun lamps
- Tapestries or wall hangings measuring longer than 2’x 2’
- Wallpaper, contact paper, or shelf liner
- Fire safety inspections will be conducted at random times throughout the academic year. Items that are found to violate fire safety regulations will be confiscated by the College.
- These items may be returned at the sole discretion of the Office of Residence Life and Residential Education staff, in collaboration with University Police, at the end of each semester for the students to remove immediately from the halls.
- Request for items to be returned sooner than the end of the semester must be made in writing to the Director of Residence Life and Residential Education or their designee.
- Items that will not be returned, but instead disposed of, will include alcohol, cannabis and other drugs, weapons of any kind, perishable food, or any other item deemed by the College to be a hazard to residents or property.
- SUNY Morrisville is not responsible for the cost of replacement or repair to any item that was in violation of our fire safety rules and confiscated.
- Items confiscated that are not retrieved when a student checks out of the residence hall will be considered abandoned and disposed of by SUNY Morrisville staff.
Students found responsible for violating the Student Code of Conduct for Fire Regulations – Prohibited Acts and Endangerment will be sanctioned accordingly.