Fire Safety: Prevention and Response
Prevention and Response
If there is a fire
- Sound the alarm, if available, as soon as you find or suspect a fire. Warn other occupants - knock on doors and shout as you leave.
- Leave the building. Don't attempt a rescue unless you can do so safely. Stay out of the building until given the OK to return by fire officials.
- Check the hallway. If it is relatively clear of smoke, close your door behind you and go to the nearest stairway or exit. If nearest exit is blocked by heat, fire, or smoke, stay low and go to another exit. Use exit stairs, not elevators. Elevator shaft's may fill with smoke or the power may fail, leaving you trapped. Stairway fire doors will keep out fire and smoke -if they are closed- and will protect you until you are outside.
- Close as many doors as possible as you leave. This will help to confine the fire.
- Call the Campus Police from a safe location. Provide the dispatcher with as much information as possible.