Columbia Fire Department: How To Keep Your Classroom Fire Safe If You're A Teacher Or Educator

Press release from Columbia Fire Department:

Michael DeSumma

August 12, 2021

As school faculty members prepare their classrooms and learning spaces for the new academic year, they should be making sure to take fire code requirements into consideration.

The information below is a guide form the CRFD Fire Marshal’s Office for setting up classrooms as well as maintaining a fire safe learning environment in the rest of a school building.

• Exit doors are those doors that lead directly outside or into a foyer that leads directly outside.

• Exit access doors are those that lead from a room into a corridor.

This press release was produced by Columbia Fire Department. The views expressed here are the author’s own.