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31-632: The reigning national champions are the Our Lady of the Lake Saints , who won their first title in 2024. Oklahoma City is the winningest program, with eleven NAIA championship titles. Wilson Morgan Softball Complex Broken Arrow Softball Complex Jupiter Softball Park Wilson Morgan Softball Complex Gulf Shores Sportsplex South Commons Softball Complex Morningside College Legends Way Ball Fields South Commons Softball Complex This softball competition-related article

62-415: A fire was reported on the campus at 7:44 p.m. CDT. The fire affected all four floors of the main building. The fire quickly changed from a three- to four-alarm fire after an hour with five pumper trucks battling the blaze. No injuries or deaths occurred. The fire consumed the roof and one spire had collapsed. Much of the damage to the building was due to the amount of water poured into the building to contain

93-419: A quick way of indicating that a fire is severe and is difficult to contain . This system of classification is used by both fire departments and news agencies . The most widely used formula for multi-alarm designation is based on the number of units, (for example firetrucks , tankers, rescue vehicles and command vehicles) and firefighters responding to a fire; the more vehicles and firefighters responding,

124-463: A women's basketball game after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was rushed to the hospital and died shortly thereafter. In 2022-23, the volleyball team reached their fourth consecutive RRAC tournament championship game. The softball team won its fourth RRAC regular season title and second conference tournament title, and achieved its highest-ever ranking in the NAIA national coaches' poll. The Saints also won

155-726: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Our Lady of the Lake University Our Lady of the Lake University ( OLLU ), known locally as the Lake , is a private Catholic university in San Antonio , Texas . It was founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Divine Providence , a religious institute originating in Lorraine , France, during the 18th century. The Texas chapter of

186-412: Is a basic example of how alarm levels are categorized in a fire department, how many fire apparatus or fire units respond to each alarm level, etc. In New York, however, additional special alarm levels are utilized, aside from the conventional first alarm fire, second alarm fire, third alarm fire, etc. Examples of such alarm levels are the signal 10-75 assignment, the signals 10-76 and 10-77 assignments, and

217-560: Is in an addition on each alarm (a five alarm fire assignment has 21 engine companies total). Each total is the total number of units on scene. If the incident commander decides that the incident does not require a higher alarm level to be requested, they can specially request an additional unit to the scene without requesting a full alarm level assignment. For example, at a working fire, there are four engine companies, three ladder companies, one squad company, one rescue company, two battalion chief units, and one division chief unit operating at

248-736: The Rio Grande Valley . The university's athletic teams, the Saints, compete in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) as part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). In 1895, construction began on the main campus of what would become Our Lady of the Lake College. By 1896, high school educational programs were underway. The first college program began in 1911 as a two-year curriculum for women. In 1919,

279-958: The 2009–10 academic year. The Saints previously competed as an NAIA Independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) from 2007–08 to 2008–09. OLLU competes in 17 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include competitive cheer, competitive dance and drumline. OLLU began its athletics program in 2007 with volleyball and men's soccer; followed by women's soccer, men's tennis, and men's golf in 2008; later softball, men's and women's basketball, and men's and women's cross-country in 2009, and finally baseball and men's and women's track and field in 2014. The university added women's golf, women's tennis, competitive cheer and dance for

310-502: The 2020–21 school year, and began a drumline in 2022-23. On December 12, 2020, the Saints men's basketball team defeated NCAA Division I member Texas State 61–58. In 2021–22, the women's basketball team won their eighth RRAC regular-season title and fourth conference tournament title, going undefeated in conference play. They also made their ninth appearance in the NAIA National Tournament, losing to Wayland Baptist in

341-593: The Lake University also offers classes on its satellite campuses in The Woodlands , near Houston, and in the Rio Grande Valley in La Feria, Texas. The Our Lady of the Lake (OLLU) athletic teams are called the Saints (formerly known as the Armadillos until 2009). The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) since

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372-658: The Rio Grande Valley that would eventually evolve into its satellite campus in La Feria, Texas . University president Tessa Martinez Pollack resigned on March 1, 2013. She began her presidency in 2002. Her resignation followed what the San Antonio Express-News characterized as "months of tumult in which students and faculty protested Pollack's decision to eliminate a dozen degree majors, including religious studies and Mexican-American studies, which some considered at

403-665: The San Antonio Bracket of the NAIA Softball World Series Opening Round to advance to the first NAIA Softball World Series in program history. On April 29, 2023, the Saints men's track and field team won their first conference championship in school history. On May 29, 2024, the OLLU softball team won the school's first NAIA national championship, defeating Jessup 2-0. The university's historic Main Building

434-911: The Slater Apartments providing apartment-style housing. Students are served by the VIA Metropolitan Transit system for free with student IDs. In 2007, the university hosted an initial event to kickstart San Japan , a local anime convention . The campus has the following fraternities and sororities : two multicultural sororities Delta Xi Nu and Theta Nu Xi , Latina sorority Kappa Delta Chi , service sorority Epsilon Sigma Alpha , and Christian fraternity Sigma Theta Epsilon . The university also hosts over 50 clubs and organizations. OLLU previously hosted weekend classes at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas , near Dallas . The Dallas Weekend College (DWEC) began operations in

465-619: The Weekend College concept at the San Antonio campus in 1978. OLLU began offering "weekend degree" programs at Lone Star College - North Harris in 1986. The Houston program would move to the Lone Star College University Center in 2012, and construction would be completed on its stand-alone campus, located off Beltway 8 near Interstate 45 , in 2018. In 2008, the university began a partnership with school districts in

496-461: The blaze. While the firefighters struggled with the fourth floor, some of the university's IT staff went in and protected the servers that were located on the first floor of the same building. Operations were coordinated from the Library building located across 24th Street from Main. A bomb threat the day before the fire had caused some concern that the incident was arson-related. Firefighters suspect that

527-467: The chief of operations, as well as multiple specialized units and or specially called units operating on the scene. All of these companies come from many firehouses to the scene. Some companies, however, are quartered together at the same firehouse. So, it is not a matter of how many firehouses respond to a fire as popularly believed, but rather how many companies/units and how many firefighters are operating on scene. The system of classification comes from

558-573: The core of the Catholic school's mission and identity." Sister Jane Ann Slater, CDP served as interim president until Diane Melby was appointed to the post in July 2015. On May 27, 2021, Melby announced her intention to retire after the 2021–22 school year in an open letter to the OLLU community. A search committee for her successor was formed, and Abel A. Chávez was chosen as the university's 10th president. Chávez began his tenure in July 2022. On May 6, 2008,

589-474: The curriculum was expanded to four years and the institution was admitted to membership in the Texas Association of Colleges. Graduate study began in 1942 and was coeducational from its inception; all programs became fully coeducational in 1969. In 1975, the name of the institution was changed from Our Lady of the Lake College to Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio. Our Lady of the Lake University

620-570: The fall of 1994 and moved to Brookhaven in 1997. See also: List of museums in Central Texas Three-alarm fire One-alarm fires , two-alarm fires , three-alarm fires , etc., are categories classifying the seriousness of fires , commonly used in the United States and in Canada , particularly indicating the level of response by local authorities. The term multiple-alarm is

651-612: The fire started on the fourth floor of the Main building due to an electrical short. The community quickly rallied to raise funds for reconstruction, and the project was completed in fall 2010. It hosted its first class since the fire in January 2011. Our Lady of the Lake University currently offers Bachelor's degrees in 33 areas of study, Master's degrees in 14 areas of study, and two doctoral degree programs. Classes are offered through traditional weekday, weekend and online formats. Our Lady of

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682-427: The higher the alarm designation. In terms of understanding the relative severity of an incident, the government of Rochester , New Hampshire has reported in a statement that a "typical fire in a small structure will usually require only one or two alarms". In contrast, however, a "large-scale fire in a commercial building would require three alarms or more." When identifying the unit/firefighter alarm designation,

713-514: The initial dispatch is referred to as a "first alarm" and is typically the largest. Subsequent alarms are calls for additional units, usually because the fire has grown and additional resources are needed to combat it, or because the incident is persisting long enough that firefighters on scene need to be relieved. Requests for units and firefighters from outside jurisdictions do not normally occur in multi-firehouse urban areas until elevated alarms are reached (alarm three and above), but will depend on

744-493: The institute still sponsors the university. Our Lady of the Lake University was the first San Antonio institution of higher education to receive regional accreditation and its Worden School of Social Service is the oldest Social Work school in Texas. Our Lady of the Lake University offers Bachelor's degrees , Master's degrees , and two doctoral degree programs across its main campus and its satellite campuses in The Woodlands and in

775-496: The location of the incident and the condition of the authority having jurisdiction at the time of the incident. A common misconception is that a "three-alarm fire", for example, means that three firehouses responded to the fire. This is not the rule behind the naming convention, although some cities may use the number of firehouses responding for multi-alarm designations because that is the simplest way to determine an alarm number. (one operating as FAST ) (one as FAST) The list

806-464: The old tradition of using pull stations to alert the local departments to a fire in their area. When initially pulled, a pull box will pulse its identification number multiple times to a receiving reel-to-reel telegraph unit (typically located in the nearest dispatch office). Within the pull box, a firefighter is able to (via a built-in telegraph key) manually key back to dispatch, including requests for mutual aid. One such code commonly used throughout

837-484: The opening round. OLLU's softball team finished with the best overall record in the conference and advanced to the championship game of the NAIA National Championship Opening Round's Gulf Shores bracket. The Saints' women's 4x100 relay team also made an appearance in the national championships. On February 12, 2022, university play-by-play announcer Michael Thompson fell down the bleachers at

868-525: The scene. If the fire is not large enough to require a 2nd alarm, but there is a need for more equipment and manpower, the commanding chief can request additional units to respond "specially called" to the scene. Thus, at the scene of a 5th alarm fire in New York, there are a total of 21 engine companies, 11 ladder companies, one squad company, one rescue company, six battalion chief units, one division chief unit, one deputy chief unit, one assistant chief unit, and

899-794: The signal 10-60 assignment. A 10-75 is a working fire (i.e., there is fire visible from a building), the 10-76/10-77 assignments are the alarm levels separate from the first alarm, second alarm, third alarms, etc. that are the standard fire department responses to fires in high-rise buildings. The signal 10-60 is a separate response to major disasters. Engine companies, ladder companies, rescue companies, etc. respond to these disasters. Some units can act as Firefighter Assist and Search Team (FAST) units. Chief units who respond to these incidents include division chief units, deputy chief units, battalion chief units (safety, SOC, field communications), air recon chief units, etc. The list demonstrates how alarm levels are categorized in order per protocol. Each apparatus count

930-623: Was completed in 1895. Today, it is home to the university cafeteria, several classrooms and offices, and the Veronica Salazar Media Center. Sacred Heart Conventual Chapel, completed in 1923, was designed by architect Leo M. J. Dielmann . The University Wellness and Activities Center (UWAC) and adjacent athletic fields are home to the university's athletic teams, as well as exercise facilities for student use. The university has four residence halls. Three of these (Ayres, Centennial, and Flores) are traditional dorm-style housing, with

961-593: Was the first San Antonio institution of higher education to receive regional accreditation. It has been accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1923. In 1927, it became the third Texas school to be approved by the American Association of Universities . As part of its mission to provide education to those with limited access, the university introduced

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