It monitors fire alarm incidents that occur on the Millersville University Campus, including dormitories and academic buildings.

The system automatically checks for new incidents every few minutes and updates the counter accordingly. The web page refreshes every 5 minutes.

The system tracks incidents that meet ALL of the following criteria:

• Location: Must be in Millersville Borough
• Address: Must be on one of the qualifying streets on campus: Residence Hall Cir, Lyle, Ganser, Shenks, Pucillo, James, or Centennial
• Units: Must involve the Blue Rock Fire Rescue station 905, which is located just off campus.
• Type: Must contain fire-related keywords such as "fire alarm", "smoke alarm", or "alarm bells"

The data comes directly from the Lancaster County 911 Live Incidents RSS feed, which is updated in real-time by emergency dispatch.

Generally, on the Millersville University campus, this qualifies any inadvertant fire alarm activation, as well as any genuine activation caused by a presense of detected smoke or other manual activation. For dormitories on campus (East/South/West), this also counts fire alarms only activated in specific rooms instead of a full room activation.

Yes, if known. Fire drills in dorm buildings are conducted twice a semester. If a full building evacuation is caused, it will take place of one of those drills (or both, if necessary). There is no current known schedule for academic building fire drills.

All fire alarm panels on the Millersville University campus are monitored centrally. When an alarm is known, and the system is not on test mode, the system automatically relays this information to the monitoring system, which will automatically call the fire department.

The monitoring system used to be located in the Student Memorial Center behind the info desk, however, the location of this system is not known. Current possible locations include Boyer and the on-campus maintenance building located in the Palmer Building.

Millersville University uses Siemens XLS panels. Some buildings, but not all, have voice-evacuation alarm systems (voice messages), but not all systems have this feature.

This system is run by a Millersville University student.

Absolutely not! As a student in the dorms, hearing the fire siren go off all the time and seeing the whole dorm getting evacuated, I wanted to see how much this actually happens. Therefore, I created this!

This page is an unofficial reference resource and is provided for informational purposes only. The information presented here is not guaranteed to be accurate, complete, or up to date, and it should not be relied upon in mission-critical or emergency situations. This system is not affiliated with any official organization, agency, or company, nor is it a commercial service. It is intended solely as a general reference tool. Use of this information for commercial purposes is not permitted. By accessing this page, you acknowledge that you do so at your own discretion and risk.