Student Video Demonstrate Recklessness and the need for Fire Retardant Paints

The popular web site YouTube can be both entertaining and informative. But, it can also be a window into some foolish behavior.

The video of The full scale Dorm Room Fire Test held in Boston was uploaded to the site to meet the continued interest in watching the test burn. YouTube is a great outlet to quickly distribute the test burn video but, more on that in a moment.

Upon searching the site for “Dorm Fire” one will find some alarming videos posted by students. In these videos one will see students displaying a glorifying disregard for their own safety…….. and then they post their reckless behavior on the video web site for all to see! In more than one video the students actually ignite aerosol spray to proudly demonstrate their flame throwing abilities inside their rooms. When you look around the dorm room you will see that there are plenty of combustible materials just waiting to be ignited. That includes a fire directed toward what appears to be a synthetic carpet.

This behavior may not shock the experienced College Safety Officer who is well aware that students can do some crazy things. However, the video can be a useful tool in communicating to administrators the need to enhance fire safety on and off campus especially when the occupants are young adults. Seeing is believing and these videos can provide you with an unvarnished reality of what is actually happening behind those dorm room doors.

While you’re building your fire safety video library you can add the Dorm Room Fire Test video.

In contrast to the students burning things you can demonstrate the ability of a new second generation fire resistant paint to slow flame and smoke propagation and how it provides students more time to evacuate under fire conditions.