According to Fire Engineering, a fire broke out at 2AM in a dorm at Portland State University yesterday morning.  Hundreds of college kids were evacuated from their rooms and no injuries have been reported.   This is just one of several fires on college campuses across the U.S. in 2012.

The SafeAwake is great for college dorms.  Not only will it help the deaf and hard-of-hearing students, but those who are heavy sleepers as well.  To learn more about the SafeAwake and how you can purchase one for the ones you love, visit: www.SafeAwake.com.

According to the NFPA, “U. S.  fire departments responded to an estimated average of 3,970 structure fires in hotels and motels in 2003-2007. These fires caused an annual average of 11 civilian deaths, 151 civilian fire injuries, and $63.3 million in direct property damage.”

The SafeAwake is portable and easy to pack to take with you when you travel.  It requires no hardwiring and is simple to setup in your hotel or motel room.  To learn more about the SafeAwake, visit www.SafeAwake.com.

There are two types of smoke alarms: ionization and photoelectric alarms.  Ionization alarms sound more quickly when a flaming, fast moving fire occurs.  Photoelectric alarms are quicker at sensing smoldering, smoky fires.  There are smoke alarms that you can purchase that are both of these in one unit called dual sensor smoke alarms.  Since one cannot predict the type of fire that may occur, it is recommended that a duel sensor alarm is installed so you can be protected against any type of fire.

Read our white paper “New Fire Safety Requirements for the Deaf and Hard-of Hearing.”

Here is a great story from NFPA about a foster dog saving his family from a fire: http://nfpa.typepad.com/nfpablog/2012/01/foster-dog-saves-family-home-from-fire.html

The Electric Vehicle Safety Training Team is touring the country giving training sessions to first responders, insurance agencies, etc.  To learn more about this, click here.

SafeAwake attended the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) 101st Annual Convention & Expo in NYC on Monday and Tuesday.  To learn more about the event, click here.

We had a fun and successful time at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week!  Thanks to all who came out to our booth.  It was great to meet everyone.

To read more about CES, click here.

Click here to read an interesting article about how the Occupy Boston members are handling fire safety.

According to the NFPA, there are more home structure fires in the cooler months than any other time of the year. Approximately 150 home fires are due to decorative lighting annually during this time of year.