Boston University officials have inspected 118 residential buildings in a multi-part process to improve fire prevention and personal safety following two recent deadly fires, said Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore.

The university decided to ensure its fire-safety policies were up-to-date after President Robert Brown’s March 18 letter recalling the recent fires near South Campus that killed three students, two of them from BU.

Facilities and Maintenance, along with the Environmental Health and Safety Office, will help check campus residences for problems, Elmore said.

“We’ve tested 100 percent of those 118 buildings,” he said.

So far, the only problems have been “routine” issues such as recharging emergency lights and replacing smoke detectors, Elmore said.

BU is in the process of creating presentations for new-student orientation over the summer and wallet-sized cards with fire-prevention and personal-safety tips, Elmore said.

Off-campus students will also be presented with information sessions specifically geared toward apartment living, Elmore said.

Elmore said he hopes students living on campus will talk to their resident assistants about safety and fire prevention.

“We are also working with our Residence Hall Association, and several have had workshops with police officers [regarding] personal safety and fire safety,” he said.

In a meeting agenda by an RA of 722 Commonwealth Ave., personal safety was emphasized.

“40 percent of all fire deaths showed evidence that the individual had been consuming alcohol contributing to their inability to respond to the fire quickly or to immediately evacuate during the fire,” the agenda read.

The OEHS website states most fires are preventable by taking a few precautions, such as keeping loose clothing away from open flames.

“We’re always doing inspections on campus, most certainly with the recent tragedies,” Elmore said. “We wanted to double over [our efforts], just to be safe.”

The RA’s agenda also states that fire extinguishers in campus residences are checked often and have tags showing when they were last inspected.

As room selections and apartment searches begin for the new school year, students should pay particular attention to regulations for their residences, Elmore said.

Students choosing to live off campus should approach their future landlords with questions about whether or not the fire systems in the apartment are regularly inspected, Elmore said.

School of Management senior Stephen Adelipour, 22, from Great Neck, N.Y., and College of Arts and Sciences junior Rhiannon McCuish, 21, of Mashpee, were killed in a 21 Aberdeen St. apartment fire Feb 24. The fire also left CAS senior Steven Boursiquot hospitalized.

A second apartment fire at 49 St. Mary’s St. killed Bloomsburg University sophomore Derek Crowl, 19, of Elysburg, Pa.