GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
FIRE DRILLS
AND OTHER EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS
Please follow the following
guidelines for emergency evacuation:
1. (For
personnel on School of Medicine Campus or 15
Medical Park): Please advise employees
in your department NOT to call Facilities
Management and Support Services
regarding whether or not a fire drill is "real"
or whether to exit the building. This
department will be evacuating the building the
same as all other personnel when a signal is
sounded. When you hear the signal to evacuate,
please do so promptly.
2. Please pay
special attention to "2a" and "2b" on the
attached page.
3. Keep your
monitor/co-monitor list up-to-date.
Please review the monitor/co-monitor names for
your department and revise them if necessary.
(Please send a copy to the School of Medicine
Health and Safety Office.)
The following is being
reprinted to refresh your memory. Please inform
departmental employees of the following
procedures:
1.
Monitors/co-monitors should:
(a)
INFORM ALL PERSONNEL NOT TO USE THE
ELEVATORS.
(b)
Inform all employees of the location of the
designated assembly point. (Location should be
at least 200' from the building.)
Any close exit may be used to exit the building,
but make sure everyone in your group gathers at
the same point or can be accounted for by
another department monitor. (Please give a copy
of the attached map to all employees in your
department.)
(c)
Make sure all restrooms, darkrooms, and other
enclosed rooms are checked.
(d)
Make sure all handicapped employees are
assisted in exiting the building.
(e)
Make sure all visitors to your department
are accounted for.
(f)
Once assembled at the pre-arranged meeting
site, take an accurate roll call so that all
employees are accounted for.
Monitors/co-monitors should use the attached "Emergency
Evacuation Log Sheet" for this purpose. (It
may be helpful to have a list of the names of
your departmental employees accessible on the
form in order that they can quickly be
reviewed.)
(g)
After the drill or emergency
evacuation, send a copy of this log to the
Health & Safety Office so that we might make a
post-evaluation of the results. Also, please
notify the Health and Safety Office of any
substitutions of monitors/co-monitors.
2. (A) When
the Fire Department responds to a call,
only fire department personnel will call
an "all clear" to return to the building.
(b)
During a "test drill", designated
School of Medicine personnel will call an
"all clear" to return to building.
3. DURING AN
ACTUAL FIRE:
(a) Use the nearest Fire Call Box to
notify the Columbia Fire Department.
(b) If the fire is large or
uncontrollable, close off the area and leave
immediately.
(c) From a safe area, call (9-911
- if call is made on the School of Medicine
campus or
911
- if the call is made outside of the School of
Medicine campus).
(d) Give
emergency personnel all necessary information:
(1)
Location of fire (building, room, etc.)
(2)
Telephone number from which you are calling.
(3)
Any other pertinent information that is
requested.
(4)
Have someone stay near the telephone in case
additional information is needed.
4.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO FIGHT A FIRE:
(a)
Make sure everyone has left, or is
leaving, the building.
(b)
Make sure the fire is confined to a
small area and that it is not spreading beyond
the immediate area.
(c)
Make sure you have an unobstructed
escape route to which the fire will not spread.
(d)
Make sure that you know the nearest
device location, have read the instructions and
that you know how to use the extinguisher.
It is
reckless to fight a fire under any other
circumstances. Instead, leave immediately and
close off the area.
NOTE: All faculty, staff, and
students should follow the same guidelines in
cases of emergency.
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