The Brown Fire Safety Office is an integral part of Public Safety and Emergency Management. The Fire Safety Office provides resources and education to promote a fire safe campus for students, faculty, staff and visitors. The office provides Emergency Action Plan (EAP) training, fire extinguisher inspections and training, building and residential hall fire safety inspections, hot work and building impairment permitting, event fire safety and a variety of fire safety education and training.
Public Safety and Emergency Management
Fire Safety
The Brown Fire Safety Office is an integral part of Public Safety and Emergency Management.
Fire Safety
The Brown Fire Safety Office is an integral part of Public Safety and Emergency Management.
Brown University has established a Hot Work Program to minimize the potential for a fire incident to occur as a result of Hot Work on campus. This purpose is consistent with the loss prevention approach of the EHS office. All Hot Work permit requests must be requested and approved by the Fire Safety Office.
Whenever 50 or more persons attend an event inside a Brown University property, the individual sponsor or a representative of the sponsoring organization must review the Fire Safety for Events policy prior to the event and assure compliance with the specified procedures before and during the event.
The Brown EAP was developed to ensure the safety of Students, Faculty, Staff and visitors in the event of a fire or other emergency. The EAP provides information on evacuation procedures, emergency contact information, hostile intruder guidance, sheltering in place and fire prevention