October 12, 2001
Congress and States Fail to Pass Laws Requiring Campus Fire Protection
As memories of fatalities fade, legislation stalls
After a deadly blaze roared through a Seton Hall University dormitory in January 2000, fire-safety experts hoped that the national headlines would spur state and federal legislation to help prevent such tragedies in the future.
And over the next 18 months, a movement to make students less vulnerable to dormitory fires did gain momentum. Two bills were introduced in Congress -- one to provide money to install sprinklers in
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