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Firemen, fraternity talk safety
By Dale Heberlig, October 08, 2005
Volunteer firefighters and a university fraternity are bringing a fire prevention and safety message to Shippensburg University’s Memorial Auditorium in a 9:30 p.m. program Oct. 17.
Mark Cleck, assistant chief of West End Fire and Rescue Co., is the featured speaker. He says his program focuses on the history of fires in student residences, the cause of fires, how to prevent fire and what to do in the event of a blaze.
Jason Lenox, SU Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity alumni volunteer, says the public is welcome to the event, which is part of the SU fraternity chapter’s public service program.
Cleck says when fraternity officials contacted the West End station, “we jumped at the opportunity.” Cleck says Shippensburg’s three volunteer companies collaborate in a fire safety task force that supports public education.
“The task force has been looking for ways to get our word out to the college community,” Cleck says. “This is more than a display at the CUB, it’s a chance to sit down and talk to a group of students. That opportunity doesn’t come around often.”
According to Cleck, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses and off-campus student rental properties are a major concern for fire personnel.
“The university’s staff does a good job with the dormitories at Shippensburg University. Most of our concern is with the off-campus housing.”
Cleck says a fire at a Britton Road student residence in the summer of 1997 will be part of his opening in the Oct. 17 program.
“Luckily, it was summer and there were only two people at the house,” Cleck says. “We’ll be talking about other student-housing fires, some of which were fatal, sort of showing ‘here’s what could happen.’”
Cleck, 24, is a paid firefighter in Hagerstown, Md., as well as a volunteer at WEFR where he has won company awards nearly every year since joining in 1995.
Fraternity on board
Richard Check III, president of the SU chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, says his fraternity is a leader in risk-management education, establishing risk management officers in every chapter worldwide in 1991.
“If there is enough interest, we would like to make this an annual fall tradition at Shippensburg,” Check says.
Lambda Chi Alpha has been active at SU since 1982 and has more than 420 members. The fraternity operates a house on Brookside Avenue.
Firemen, fraternity talk safety
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