Electric bikes and scooters are banned in Masaryk University buildings, including dormitories. Accommodation and Catering Services (ACS) has recently brought this rule to the attention of the students living in dormitories due to the fire hazards associated with these modes of transport. A state authority recently carried out a regular health, safety and fire risk audit which found the presence of these risks and violations of the related safety regulations.
“It is not our goal to harass students living in the dormitories and we are aware of the complications caused to some of them. That said, the safety of the residents in these dormitories is our top priority. To this end we must reduce all risks possible. And as a provider of accommodation services we are bound by the general legal regulations in the area of safety,” ACS director Kamil Kulíšek commented on the ban.
Increased capacity and higher chances for first-year students – that is the improved reality for students in this academic year. Even more beds will become available once the major renovations of the Kounicova dormitory are finished before the start of the next academic year, and new student housing projects are scheduled at the Vinařská complex or in the Bohunice campus.
The Security Emergency Board of Masaryk University decided on Thursday, 12 September, to carry out preventive evacuation of the dormitories at Sladkého and Bří. Žůrků in Komárov, where some students had already moved in. According to original estimates Brno was to expect 100-year flood and the situation on the Svitava River in the Komárov area was expected to include the flooding of the dormitories and power and water outages. For the same reasons and out of security concerns MU decided that the move-in day at all remaining dormitories be delayed.