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 Fire
Alarm Procedures
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Activate fire pull alarm station and
warn the other occupants by knocking on doors and shouting
as you leave.
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Notify 911 immediately and contact Campus
Safety (at least one person needs to ensure that
this has been
accomplished, generally a RD or RA). Give exact
location and nature of
situation.
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Confine the fire by closing all doors in
the area and rescue anyone in immediate danger,
only if you can
do so safely.
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Evacuate the building via the nearest exit, in
a controlled
yet rapid manner. All persons are to utilize stairs,
not elevators during a fire alert situation. Walk to the
outside
of the building
at a distance of at least 50 - 100 feet, keeping the
main building egress clear for incoming emergency vehicles.
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Remain outside until the local Fire Department and Campus
Safety arrive to assess the situation, which includes
a search of the building for any remaining occupants. Approval
to
return to the building is subject to authorization
by the
Fire Chief.
If you are in a residence hall and a fire alarm
sounds automatically,
follow steps 2 through 5 even if none of the conditions
outlined under “definition” do not appear to exist.
Contact Information in Case of Fire:
- Evacuate the building
- Call the Fire Department 911
- Notify Campus Safety 269-5344,
dial 9 if calling from an on campus
phone
Do not attempt to fight the fire yourself. Your best means
of survival is immediate evacuation.
Fire Drills
Fire drills will be held throughout the year once a semester
to insure those residents will be able to evacuate the
halls quickly. Anyone in the hall at
the time of an alarm must participate in the drill. It is necessary for everyone
to go to the assembly area, which you are instructed or informed of at the
beginning
of the year by your RD’s. This is for accountability to insure that everyone
has exited the building safely.
Severe Weather Information
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Tornado Watch: weather conditions are favorable
for tornados to develop. A weather watch is generally issued for a period
of six (6) hours by the National
Weather Service. Campus Safety will notify your Resident Directors of
the watch and continue to update them regarding any changes
that
occur.
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Tornado Warning: a tornado has been detected by
radar or a trained weather spotter. A weather warning
is generally
issued for a period of one half (1⁄2)
hour to one (1) hour by the National Weather Service. Campus Safety
will notify your Resident Directors of the warning
and continue
to update them regarding
any changes that occur.
In the case of a tornado warning residents should move
as quickly and carefully as possible and go to the lowest level of the building
and to the center of
the building which they are in. The Campus Safety Chief is the only individual
that
can give the all clear.
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