Gail Minger wishes she had asked more questions about fire safety at her son’s school before she sent him off to college. In 1998, Michael Minger, a sophomore, died in a residence hall fire at Murray State University in Kentucky.
“When we visited the campus, we just assumed the residence hall was safe, just like most parents do,” she said. “We assumed it had sprinklers. After the fire, we learned that the residence hall had been written up by the fire marshal’s office two years in a row for not having sprinklers, as well as for other safety code violations.”
Since January 2000, 75 people have died in fires in student housing, according to the Center for Campus Fire Safety, a nonprofit organization that works to improve fire safety on college campuses. Parents may not realize that many residence halls do not have automatic sprinklers.
“Everyone remembers to ask about Internet capabilities and crime statistics at colleges, but too often we forget about fire safety,” said Ed Comeau, director for the Center for Campus Fire Safety. “The truth is that someone who travels is safer than students living in...
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