b. It shall be unlawful for any person to give, signal, or transmit or for any person to cause or permit to be given, signaled or transmitted, in any matter any false alarm. c. It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with or maliciously damage any fire alarm equipment maintained for the purpose of transmitting fire alarms to the Fire Department. d. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the sounding of any such signal essential for the carrying on of any fire drill. The chief may require that he be notified in advance when such signal will be sounded. Campus Fire Prevention and Safety Policies Northern is truly committed to campus safety. With so many students living and learning in such close proximity throughout our campus, each and every student plays an important role in fire prevention. The following policies are designed to aid in fire prevention and protect the safety of the campus community. Each student assumes the responsibility of complying with fire safety policies, procedures, and guidelines as put forth in this handbook. Violations of fire safety policies and procedures are treated with the highest priority and may result in student conduct sanctions including, but not limited to, fines, educational programing, removal from residence halls, suspension, or expulsion. The following minimum conduct sanctions may be imposed upon any student who violates a campus Fire Safety Policy. 1. Smoking in campus building or other non-designated areas of campus including but not limited to tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and vapor cigarettes i. First Violation - $50.00 Fine, Subject to Formal Student Conduct Warning, and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation - $50.00 Fine and Subject to Formal Student Conduct Probation iii. Third Violation - $100.00 Fine and Subject to Conduct Probation, and possible removal from Residence Hall. 2. Item(s) hanging from fire alarm or fire sprinkler system i. First Violation – Residence Hall Written Warning and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation - $25.00 Fine and Subject to Formal Student Conduct Sanction(s) 3. Burning candle or other open flame(s) i. First Violation – $25.00 Fine, Residence Hall Written Warning, and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation - $50.00 Fine and Subject to Formal Student Conduct Sanction(s) iii. Third Violation - $100.00 Fine and Subject Residence Hall Expulsion 4. Tampering with room fire/smoke detector or other room fire alarm device i. First Violation - $100.00 Fine, Subject to Formal Student Conduct Sanction(s), and Educational Programming ii. Second Violation - $200.00 Fine and Subject to Student Conduct Probation and Residence Hall Expulsion 5. Tampering with building fire alarm system – NOT resulting in the transmission of a fire evacuation Annual Security and Fire Safety Report 28
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