University helps town with fire safety

By Danielle Alio, Office of Communications on Oct. 10, 2016, noon
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Since 2009, the Princeton University Volunteer Fire Program has been serving both the University and surrounding community. About 30 University staff members volunteer during business hours to respond to emergencies with the all-volunteer municipal Princeton Fire Department, ensuring support during the day when town volunteers may be unable to answer a call.

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University helps town with fire safety .

Since 2009, the Princeton University Volunteer Fire Program has been serving both the University and surrounding community. About 30 University staff members volunteer during business hours to respond to emergencies with the all-volunteer municipal Princeton Fire Department, ensuring support during the day when town volunteers may be unable to answer a call.

University volunteer firefighters help campus and community .

The Princeton Fire Department Associate Member Program allows Princeton University employees to volunteer with the Princeton Fire Department during their work shifts, augmenting the municipality's volunteer ranks during critical daytime hours. The partnership has greatly benefited the Princeton campus and greater community during the past three-plus years.

Graduate students join Princeton Fire Department, continuing a long tradition of community service .

Max Nguyen, a Ph.D. candidate in integrative genomics, is among four Princeton University graduate students joining the Princeton Fire Department.

University employees join fire department in pilot program .

On the morning of Oct. 7, the Princeton Fire Department sent out a call -- firefighters were needed to respond to an alarm at 1 Monument Drive. Four University employees -- Bob Allen, Michael Christensen, Michael Kervan and Chris Machusak -- rushed to a University building on Alexander Road to pull on their fire jackets, fire pants, boots and helmets.

Fire Department and University mark 10 years of volunteer firefighter program .

The Princeton Fire Department Associate Member Program allows University employees to volunteer as firefighters in town during their work shifts. 

University contributions to Princeton town .

University contributions to Princeton town .

Summary of the many ways in which Princeton University currently contributes to and engages with the Princeton community. Submitted in a memo by President Christopher L. Eisgruber to the Princeton Mayor and Council on Nov. 26, 2013.