Blue Light Maintenance & Safety

Description: Our purpose was to locate the blue light phones for safety and maintenance measures on Bridgewater State University’s entire campus. We wanted to create awareness of where they were, if they are they in good working order, whether you can see another one within walking distance, and if it was accessible for handicap students, police officers and visitors. We also looked at the safety of how well lit the area was and also the closest residence hall and their closing hours. http://arcg.is/2kuix6E

Table 1:

Field	Type of Field	Values
Nearest Building – Close time	Numeric	00:00-24:00
Blue light working	Text	Yes, no
Nearest residence hall	Text	Scott, Woodward, Pope, Crimson, Wegand, Miles, Dinardo, Apartments, Stonehouse, Sheadurgin
Lighting	Text	No Visibility, Low Visibility, Small Visibility, Entire Area Visible
Handicap Accessible	Text	Yes, no
Police Access	Text	No Access, Non-Paved Access, Paved Access, Road Access
Second Visible Blue Light	Text	Yes, no
Time collected information	Numeric	00:00-24:00
Number of students in area	Float	0-1000

Process: We created a map of the campus on Bridgewater State University with all the locations of the emergency blue light phones. As a team, we walked around campus observing and inspected several blue lights. On the one’s we did inspect, we added data about the light itself, whether it was working, bright or dim; if there were others within eyesight, if it was a well-lit area, whether it was handicap accessible, how “busy” the area was, the time we retrieved the information and the closest residence hall. 

Conclusions: We found that out of the several blue emergency lights that we checked, all had working and bright lights, as well as locations in well-lit areas. Some did not have another blue emergency light in sight and some locations had none. The number of students in the area varied from 5-70/80. Surprisingly, some were not handicap accessible. This information is key in emergency situations. Each location of the emergency lights has features that enable each user to edit. For example, if the blue light goes out, the information can be updated. We found that there are some locations that have no emergency blue lights. I would like to have some blue emergency phones located near the areas of Moakely Center, Hart Hall, Burnell Hall and in between Pope Hall and the Science and Mathematics Center.