The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com FIRE From page LA HRH/Kirklan & Co. in Omaha, Neb. insures fraternities. Comeau said that while both companies are working to outfit all Greek houses around the nation with sprinklers, M-J Insurance has been more aggressive in outfitting sororities. "There seems to be more sorori- ties installing sprinkler systems than fraternities, which is ironic because since we've started track- ing them all of the fatal fires have occurred in fraternities than in sororities," Comeau said. Ann.Arbor building code classi- fies Greek houses in the same cat- egory as apartments and residence halls, and it requires that all new structures install sprinkler sys- tems during construction, Warsin- ski said. But existing buildings, like Greek houses, are exempt from this code unless they undergo a signifi- cant renovation. Warsinski estimated that the cost of outfitting an average-size Greek house with sprinklers would cost a little over $56,000. Install- ing a sprinkler system in the largest Greek house could cost as much as $100,000. He added that it's more common for sorority houses to be retrofitted with sprinkler systems. "Fraternities generally have no money," Warsinski said. "Sororities have larger reserves." The affordability argument is a familiar one to Comeau. He said that in almost each city where a sprinkler system mandate for Greek houses has been proposed, frater- nities have argued that installing a sprinklersystemwould putthemout of business. In State College, home of Penn State University, Comeau said that city officials responded by criticizing fraternities for spending up to $1,500 on weekend parties and replacing the wood floors in their houses every two years because of the damage caused by these parties. "The argument that 'We can't afford it' is fallacious," Comeau said. In December, the University's housing security office recognized the need for a fire-education pro- gram that would specifically benefit the Greek systemsaid Declan Lugin, a captain and fire inspector with the University's Housing Security division. It applied for a Homeland Security Assistance to Firefight- ers grant, but it ultimately failed to qualify for the funding because the University isn't involved in any actual fire fighting. So far, the only program that has been put in place is one that provides Greek houses with bat- teries for their smoke detectors, a program that Lugin himself said he isn't thrilled with. He said provid- ing Greek houses with smoke detec- tors would not be effective because it does not guarantee that houses ever install them. Lugin said that the City of Ann Arbor already works with the Greek system to improve fire safety and fire prevention measures but said Housing Security would like to "fill in the gaps" of the program when- ever possible. The close contact between the Ann Arbor Fire Department and the Greek system began in earnest in January of 2006 following an incident at the Sigma Nu fraternity house on Oxford Street. Respond- ing to the house's alarm system, firefighters found an ongoing party. The house's windows were blocked, and the front door was only partially open.Asmokemachinewasrunning inside. The alarm was sounding, but the partygoers weren't evacuating. "The conditions were so egre- gious that had a fire been actually occurring most people wouldn't have made it out," Warsinski said. After the incident Warsinski, inspected a total of28 houses this fall. City code requires that all apart- ments and Greek houses be inspect- ed every 30 months, but Warsinksi said that the inspections sometimes take 36 months to complete due to staffing constraints. Both Warsinski and Comeau agreed that the greatest fire hazard at fraternity houses are their parties. "Twenty-year-old male bravado, lots of alcohol, old wood-frame con- struction, disabled smoke detectors and fire alarm systems, usually due to parties and smoking," Warsin- ski said. "Unfortunately, the Animal House culture has attracted more people of that mindset." Warsinski said that other fire hazards facing Greek houses include destruction by house members = holes in the walls can allow fires to spread quickly - and a disregard for maintenance, such as allowing garbage bags to pile up inside the house, which creates a fire hazard. Warsinski's plan for develop- ing a fire safety education program includes involvement with the alumni who often oversee individ- ual chapters. He believes it's most important to educate the alumni so they can alertnewstudents to issues of fire safety and other dangers. He said that-some fraternities on campus have already taken steps to improve the overall condition and safety of their houses, explaining that some have live-in graduate stu- dents who oversee the daily opera- tions of the chapter. Others are professionally managed by a local property manager who handles problems the house may face. Warsinski also said he wants to appoint student fire marshals in each house who would be respon- sible for house safety issues. Comeau's greatest concern is educating students who live in off- campus housing. "We know students are going to drink, we know students are going to use candles,we know students are Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 7A goingto smoke,"Comeausaid."We're not saying, 'Don't do these things.' We're saying, 'Do them responsibly.' Don't circumvent safety measures so that when a cigarette fire does break out, it doesn't kill people because a fire door was open." Interfraternity Council spokes- man Evan Waters said the IFC tries to work in conjunction with the risk management policies of each indi- vidual fraternity's national office, putting its faith in each chapter president to enforce safety mea- sures within the houses. The Office of Greek Life has no record of the last major fire in a Greek house and estimates that it occurred before 2000. Waters, who lives in the Chi Psi house on State Street, said each sleeping room in his house is outfit- ted with smoke detectors and there are fire extinguishers on each floor. The house also appoints a "lodge manager" responsible for the over- all maintenance of the house. The Office of Greek Life tries to use fire tragedies on other campuses to educate fraternities and sororities about fire prevention, said assistant director Chris Haughee. the michigan daily !!!KERRYTOWN 4 BDRM. house EFF., 1-4 with Ig. modem kitchen, covered porch & much more. 741-9657. 6 BDRM. HSE. avail. May/Fall '07. 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