Last summer, the nation's fire insurance industry named CFD an Insurance Services Office "Class One" department--a designation based on the department's structure and performance.
It is the only Massachusetts department to earn the rank, and one of only 33 in the nation.
And with one of the top fire departments in the nation responding to a portion of the University's 700-plus fire alarms each year, Harvard's fire safety programs have a leg up on other colleges.
After spending millions of dollars on recent upgrades to the University's fire suppression and warning systems, Harvard looks very safe, according to CFD.
"I don't see any deficiency at the University," says deputy chief Reardon.
But all of that--the sprinklers, the extinguishers, the alarms, and the CFD firefighters--doesn't matter if students ignore the warnings.
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