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Originally posted by Lil_G:
The fire story....where's the rez association and t.a's when all this is going on? They should have taken a lot of flak for their non presence when this alarm was being pulled. At my school their was an evacuation everytime the alarm went off, so if pranksters pulled it there was serious repercussions to face.
[This message has been edited by Lil_G (edited April 04, 2001).]
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I'm a Resident Counselor, and I can only speak for my university's fire and evacuation methods. Most residential counselors or assistants are told to get themselves out of the danger first. Some are trained in the PROPER way to get residents out of a burning room, etc., but this isn't standard. One would hope that college students are smart enough to get themselves out of a situation. I didn't see 48 Hours, so I'm not sure which school fire was featured. It's rather unfair to put the blame of students not heeding warnings about fire alarms on residential counselors and assistants. It's a tragedy, but not one that can be blamed on the "negligence" of residential assistants.
As I step off my soapbox, I remind everyone that I am extremely defensive of attacks against residential assistants.
