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Fire Safety Report - EH&S Contact information:

ehs@harvard.edu

Life Safety Officer

46 Blackstone Street
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Attn: HEOA Information

Higher Education Opportunity Act
Fire Safety

In accordance with the Higher Education Opportunities Act of 2008, the updated regulations require that colleges and universities publish an annual fire safety report and maintain a fire reporting log. This website will be the primary location detailing the HEOA fire safety requirements and information.

Mandatory reporting requirements under the Higher Education Opportunities Act (HEOA):

Disclosure of fire safety standards and measures report(s) that contains information about campus fire safety practices and standards, including:

1. A description of each on-campus student housing facility fire safety and sprinkler system;
2. The number of regular mandatory supervised fire drills;
3. The policies or rules on portable electrical appliances, smoking, open flames (such as candles);
4. The procedures for evacuation;
5. The policies regarding fire safety education and training programs provided to students, faculty, and staff.
6. List of titles to whom students should report fires.
7. Plans for future improvements in fire safety, if determined necessary by the institution.

Statistics for each on-campus housing facility, during the most recent calendar years for which data are available, concerning each of the following:

1. The number of fires and the cause of each fire;
2. The number of injuries related to each fire that result in treatment at a medical facility;
3. The number of deaths related to each fire; and
4. The value of property damage caused by each fire.

Fire Log for on-campus student housing facilities only:

1. Building name
2. Detailed location of fire
3. Date and time of occurrence
4. Nature or cause of fire
5. Logs must be updated within two business days of receipt of new information, 60-day log available for inspection during business hours and entire log available for inspection with two business days notice.

HUPD Clery Act Report for Harvard University is published separately from the Fire Safety Report.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, codified at 20 USC 1092 (f) (Clery Act) as a part of the Higher Education Act of 1965, is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to disclose annual information about campus crime. Each year the University files a report with the United States Department of Education stating the incidences of crime on campus.