Student Responsibilities
Fire Safety
- The University Fire Marshal provides a sufficient number of appropriate fire extinguishers to each theater and assembly area. Students are responsible for ensuring that extinguishers are readily accessible and available at all times, and that one is located at each exit of the theater, one at the lighting control panel, and at least two are behind the stage or scenery.
- Open flames, cigarettes, other smoking materials, torches, candles, smoke generation machines, explosives, flash powder, firearms, and the like are prohibited.
- No cooking of any kind is allowed in undergraduate productions.
- Fire extinguishers must be left on their wall mounts at all times and may not be used as door stops or for any other purpose.
- Fire protection and life safety devices may not be disabled or in any way tampered with.
- Highly combustible or flammable items are not permitted. The offstage side of all non-treated scenic materials must be back painted. Scenery, fabric flats, and props will be fire tested by the Fire Marshal.
- All fabrics, bed clothes, muslin flats, and other scenery must be treated with flame retardants. The OUP will provide workshops and advice in obtaining and applying fire retardants. Flame retardant projects must be limited to a total of no more than 100 square feet of material.
See further information under Administrative Resources.
