2024 Fire Log Summary (for 2023 calendar year)

Last updated Apr. 24, 2023

Date Fire Reported Student Housing Facility with Street Address General Location Date and Time Occurred Nature of Fire Injuries Fatalities Estimated Cost of Damages

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Gilbert Hall
383 Gilbert Drive

 

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7-16-2023

Grant North (C&D Towers)
1250 Grant Drive

C Tower
13th Floor

7-16-2023
10:45 a.m.
Unintentional burnt food in oven n/a n/a $100-999

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Neptune North 1
750 Lucinda Drive

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Neptune East
740 Lucinda Drive

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8-18-2023

Neptune West
800 Lucinda Drive

4th floor Stairwell

8/17/2023
10:45 a.m.

Unintentional- trash can fire due to discarded smoldering cigarette butt

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$0-99

2-21-2023

Patterson Hall-East
501 N. Annie Glidden Road

1st Floor
(Odd)
Suite 109

2-21-2023
2 a.m.

Unintentional – burnt microwave

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$100-999

2-1-2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patterson Hall-West
1175 Lincoln Drive

3rd Floor (Odd) Suite 301

1-31-2023
9:15 p.m.

Unintentional- plastic bowl caught on fire due to stove being unsupervised.

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2-12-2023

Patterson Hall-West
1175 Lincoln Drive

5th Floor (Odd)
Suite 513

2-11-2023
8:40 p.m.

Unintentional – flat iron caught piece of paper on fire

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$0-99

2-20-2023

Patterson Hall-West
1175 Lincoln Drive

5th Floor
(Even)
Suite 508

2-18-2023
11:30 p.m.

Unintentional- burnt baseball hat in microwave oven

Student burned her hand while attempting to extinguish fire

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$0-99

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Northern View (Bldg 2)
2 Northern View Circle

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Northern View (Bldg 3)
3 Northern View Circle

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Northern View (Bldg 4)
4 Northern View Circle

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Northern View (Bldg 5)
5 Northern View Circle

 

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1-7-2023

Northern View (Bldg 6)
6 Northern View Circle

2nd Floor Apartment

1-7-2023
3 a.m.

Unintentional- bathroom exhaust fan caught on fire

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$100-999

3-30-2023

Stevenson North
(C&D Towers)
1350 Stevenson Drive

C Tower
7th Floor Lounge

3-28-2023
10 p.m.

Unintentional- Burnt chair while cooking on hot plate

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$100-999

5-8-2023

Stevenson South
(A&B Towers)
420 Stadium Drive

A Tower
3rd Floor

5-2-2023
3 a.m.

Intentional -Burnt clothing in hamper in student’s room

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$0-99

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Clarkson
(Lorado Taft campus)

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Grover
(Lorado Taft campus)

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2-6-2023

Heckman
(Lorado Taft campus)

Laundry Room

2-1-2023
9:25 a.m.

Unintentional – Lint caught on fire due to excessive buildup in dryer

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$100-999

Neptune North was not used as a residence hall during academic calendar year FY22/23. The address for the Lorado Taft Campus is 1414 North River Road, Oregon, Il. Clarkson, Grover, and Heckman do not have individual street addresses.

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Dorland Building 200
ehs@niu.edu

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