RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS
Student Housing Fire Safety Equipment
Each student housing area is equipped with fire extinguishers in the corridors, kitchens, and laundry
rooms.
The manual fire alarm pull stations are located by each required exit and stairwell door. All corridors are
protected by automatic smoke detectors tied directly into the building fire alarm system. An activation
of the fire alarm system will annunciate the notification devices: strobes, horns, and/or voice
evacuation, as well as automatically notify Duke Police.
Residential facilities are equipped with corridor smoke detectors and sleeping rooms are protected by
several different methods. Bell Tower, Crowell, Few, Hollows A & B, Keohane, the renovated sections of
Kilgo, Smart House, Southgate, and Trinity are equipped with system smoke detectors tied into the
monitored fire alarm system. Blackwell and Randolph have stand-alone direct wired AC/DC powered
smoke detectors which are not monitored. All other student housing sleeping areas are equipped with
battery powered smoke alarms which are tested and maintained annually.
The following student housing areas are also protected by an automatic sprinkler system: Bell Tower,
Blackwell, Craven, Crowell, East Residence Hall, Epworth, Few, Hollows A & B, Keohane (4A, B, D & E),
Kilgo, Randolph, Smart House, Southgate, Trinity, West Residence Hall, and 300 Swift Ave. As of
December 31, 2020, 56 percent of the residential housing facilities on the main campus have sprinkler
protection. The sprinkler systems are tested each quarter.
Fire alarm systems in all housing facilities are monitored by Duke Police, except 301 Swift Ave which is
not monitored.
(See Table 2 for complete dormitory-specific fire safety systems features – next page)
Table 2–Student Housing Fire Safety System Features
Building Name
Address
Sprinklered
Fire Extinguishers
Fire Alarm
300 Swift Ave
300 Swift Ave
Yes
Yes
Yes
301 Swift Ave
Townhouse Apts
301 Swift Ave
No
Yes
Spot Detector
– local
Alspaugh
1344 Campus Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Bassett
1332 Campus Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Bell Tower
40 Brodie Gym Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blackwell
51 Brodie Gym Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Brown
1328 Campus Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Craven Quad
440 Chapel Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Crowell Quad
315 Towerview Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
East Residence Hall
1312 Campus Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Edens 1A
419 Towerview Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Edens 1B
415 Towerview Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Edens 1C
423 Towerview Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Edens 2A
113 Edens Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Edens 2C
117 Edens Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Edens 3A
(Decker Tower)
109 Edens Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Edens 3B
(Mitchell Tower)
105 Edens Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Epworth
2 Epworth Dorm La.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Few Quad
420 Chapel Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Giles
1352 Campus Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Gilbert-Addoms
1638 Campus Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Hollows A
407 Towerview Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Hollows B
409 Towerview Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Keohane 4A
101 Wannamaker Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Keohane 4B
101 Wannamaker Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Keohane 4D
101 Wannamaker Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Keohane 4E
427 Towerview Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Kilgo Quad
104 Union Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pegram
1340 Campus Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
Randolph
50 Brodie Gym Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smart House
1402 Faber St.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Southgate
1400 W. Main St.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trinity
610 Broad St.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wannamaker
102 Wannamaker Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
West Residence Hall
1360 Campus Dr.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wilson
1320 Campus Dr.
No
Yes
Yes
