Campus Firewatch

Each issue contains compelling articles along with a monthly compilation of incidents that have occurred both on- and off-campus at schools across the nation. Along with this compilation, Campus Firewatch also monitors legislation that is moving through Congress and the states and reports on the status of this legislation. You can subscribe online by going to the Campus Firewatch store.

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Campus Firewatch is published by Ed Comeau, a founder and past director of the Center for Campus Fire Safety. In addition, Ed wrote the chapter on campus fire safety for the current edition of the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook and produced the video Graduation: Fatally Denied. As director for the Center, he managed each of the annual Campus Fire Forums for the past eight years that has brought together campus fire safety professionals from across the country. He also was instrumental in having September recognized as Campus Fire Safety Month by 31 states as well as a resolution passed by the U.S House of Representatives. Ed organized both of the Capitol Hill Intern Fire Academies that trained the interns working on Capitol Hill in fire safety and both of the Capitol Hill Campus Fire Safety Summits.

His writing has been widely published in major publications and he has appeared on a number of national news shows as a recognized authority on campus fire safety.

Ed is the former chief fire investigator for the National Fire Protection Association where he investigated a number of significant incidents, including the English Channel Tunnel Fire, the Kobe Earthquake, the Düsseldorf Airport Terminal Fire, the Goethenburg Disco Fire and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Prior to this he was a fire protection engineer with the Phoenix Fire Department's Special Operations Division. He was a member of the Amherst Fire Department while obtaining his degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. More information on his background is available at www.writer-tech.com.