The fire alarm system at the Law School (303 E. Broad Street) provides
for the automatic detection of smoke in areas throughout the building.
Building occupants are notified of fire alarm conditions by audio (horns
and pre-recorded emergency message) and visual (strobe lights) located
throughout the building. When the fire alarm sounds our fire system
vendor (Simplex) and security will notify the fire department. Security
and assigned administrative and maintenance staff will investigate the
alarm situation and follow procedures for determining appropriate action.
A complete Security Fire Alarm Procedure@ document is available in the
Administrative Services office.
Fires grow at an extremely fast rate.
Do NOT take chances during a fire emergency.
Your personal safety must take precedence.
If you observe any fire hazard or have a fire safety concern, please
notify security at 236-6161.
7.4.01 Basic Fire Safety Guidelines
A. If you smell smoke or observe a fire, activate the Fire Alarm System
using the closest Fire Alarm Pull Stations and/or call Security 6161.
Pull stations are located at each exit and at the entrance to each stairwell.
B. When the fire alarm sounds, ALL occupants should immediately leave
the building using the nearest, safe exit route.
C. Faculty and Administrators check their respective areas (classroom/department)
to make sure students and staff evacuate.
D. Close all doors as you evacuate the building. Limiting the spread
of smoke and fire saves lives. If you must open a door to leave your
classroom or office, feel the door first. If the door or handle is hot,
do NOT open the door. Use another exit if possible.
E. Heat and smoke rise. If you encounter smoke while exiting, use another
exit if available or stay very low in order to breath the coolest, safest
air.
F. Use the stairs. Do not use elevators.
7.4.02 If you unable to use stairwells and need assistance
for evacuation evacuate to an area of refuge and wait for professional
assistance to exit the building. Go to either the 6th Street stairwell
or the Capital street stairwell and remain on the landing inside the
stairwell. These are fire stairwells and will provide refuge until professional
fire fighters can assist you. Security will advise firefighters to check
the stairwells for people needing evacuation assistance. If you are
unable to reach a stairwell, enter a room with a window, shut all doors
to the room and make yourself as visible as possible in a window (turn
lights on and off, wave colored or white material or paper by the window).
Ask another evacuee to inform security of your location. If a phone
is available in the room, dial (9) 911 to report your location. The
front lobby on the second floor and the area outside the southeast (Capital
Street) bank of elevators on the second floor are equipped with sprinklers.
7.4.03 After exiting the building in response to a
fire alarm, move away from doors and stay off the street in order to
permit the fire department free access. The student parking lot behind
the building and the faculty/staff parking lot are designated gathering
sites.
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