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To minimize the potential fire hazards associated with holiday season decorations, GSU Environmental Health and Safety department recommends strict observation of the following guidelines:

• Hanging combustibles from the ceiling, ceiling tiles or ceiling fixtures is not allowed. This includes paper, cardboard, wood, cloth, and plastic.
• Ensure combustibles are not hung on walls within 18” of a (ceiling-mounted sprinkler heads or within 2 feet of any ceiling where sprinklers are not present and smoke detectors) as they constitute a fire hazard. Heat and smoke rise and combustibles mounted near the ceiling will contribute to a fire. No objects may be hung from or near sprinkler heads as this may affect their performance.
• Ensure that decorations do not pose a trip hazard or otherwise provide an obstruction to walking or sitting.
• Ensure that all corridors and hallways, including those inside work areas are open, clear, and provide the required unobstructed egress.
• Ensure that decorations do not obstruct lights, light switches or electrical outlets or obstruct or interfere with passage on stairwells, hallways, and corridors.
• Decorations must be at least 36” away from portable fire extinguishers, exit signs, pull stations, fire alarm strobes, fire hose cabinets, and smoke detectors.
• Ensure that decorations do not obstruct or interfere with any line-of-sight visibility of approved exit signs and exit routes.
• Ensure that decorations are not accessible to young children as much as possible. Ensure that decorations are not breakable or edible. Decorations should not be secured with hooks that could be a choking hazard.
• Decorative items placed on walls shall be secured against becoming dislodged, falling from the support, or becoming a hazard to nearby persons.

Trees and other decorations must be located so as not to obstruct exit corridors, fire extinguishers, sprinkler heads, exit signs, fire alarm pull stations, smoke alarms or heat detectors. Do not affix or tie decorations to such equipment. Trees should also not block emergency egress from any room.

• Decorations shall not be placed within three (3) feet of electrical equipment or other heat producing sources.
• Electric light strings should carry a UL or FM approval label. Prior to use, check for fraying, bare wires, loose connections and cracked plastic parts. If any of these conditions are present, the string or cord should not be used. Use of miniature electric lights are encouraged since they are both cooler and more energy efficient than regular size lighting. Light strings should not be routed through doorways with doors, under rugs or loose carpeting or across work surfaces. Routing of cords through these areas can cause damage to the cord and create a tripping hazard. Unplug holiday lighting when the area is unoccupied.
• UL-listed surge protectors should be used instead of extension cords to prevent circuit overloading. Frayed or broken cords should not be used. “Daisy-chaining” surge protectors and using multi-plug adapters are prohibited in university buildings.
• Displays should be compact. Garlands, streamers or displays that extend down a hallway should not be used because of their potential to spread fire and impede egress. These displays should be confined to office areas (laboratories should not have any displays).
• Candles, oil lamps, incense or other open flame devices are prohibited on campus. Decorative candles should have their wicks clipped or capped to discourage lighting.
• Please remove all trees and decorations before leaving campus for the holidays.