FIRE PREVENTION
- All tenants should appoint a Safety Warden and a Deputy Warden for each space or floor the tenant occupies (SEE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOVE). The Safety Wardens and the Deputy Wardens will be supervised by the building’s Fire Safety Director, who will also supervise the building’s Building Emergency Organization. The Fire Department will be notified immediately by the building’s security personnel and/or systems when a fire is detected.
PLANNING
- The orderly evacuation of personnel from the emergency area via the nearest exit to the street level shall be as follows:
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Phase 1: Be prepared to leave, await instructions via the public address system.
Phase 2: Proceed to nearest stairwell and exit the building.
Phase 3: Complete evacuation and meet at the predetermined location.
NOTE: ELEVATORS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR USE DURING ANY DRILL OR FORMAL EVACTUATION
Any evacuation will be supervised by the building’s Fire Safety Director with the assistance of the Building Emergency Organization. Communication will be conducted by the Fire Safety Director from the building’s Fire Command Station located on the first floor of the building. The Fire Safety Director will endeavor to maintain contact with the BEO and all occupants of the building.
ACTIVATION
The building’s alarm system can be activated automatically by heat on a sprinkler head, by water flow detectors, or by smoke detectors. It can also be activated manually by pull stations which are located throughout the building.
When the system is activated, alarms sound and strobes flash on the floor where activation has occurred and on the floors immediately above and immediately below. In addition, the elevators will capture and position themselves in the main lobby. Signals are sent to the Central Control Station from which the Building Emergency Organization and the Fire Department can monitor and manage the event.
EVACUATION
- Action to be taken by personnel not assigned to fire duty when emergency evacuation of the building is necessary:
- REMAIN CALM;
- Follow instructions from the public address system.
- Evacuate via the nearest stairwell.
- If, during a fire emergency, you find an exit stairway is blocked off due to smoke or other conditions on the lower levels, go to the other stairway on the floor.
- Handicapped personnel are to advise the Safety Warden of their conditions in advance. Plans will be made to accommodate such individuals in the event of an emergency.
- Do not attempt to use elevators and they will not be operational during an emergency. As stated upon, upon fire alarm system activation, they will be captured and return to the main lobby.
- Walk quickly, but do not run. Remove shoes that prevent a steady walking pace.
- Keep to the right in halls and on stairs. Walk along outer wall. Stay in single file.
- Hold handrails when going down the stairs.
- Merge alternately when two lines meet at various floors.
- Do not turn back at any time for any reason.
- No Smoking.
- Keep conversation to a minimum.
- Go outside and meet in a predetermined area that was selected by your Safety Warden.
- Remain in this area until your office Safety Warden or other duly authorized person instructs you that it is safe to return to the premises.
- It is the responsibility of each tenant to educate its employees on the building’s fire and emergency evacuation procedures for an orderly evacuation. For tenants who operate a business open to the general public, one member of the tenant’s staff should be appointed to assist the general public in an evacuation. Traffic control in the stairwell and lobby will be the responsibility of each Safety Warden and/or Deputy Warden.
- The building is equipped with a sprinkler system which should greatly reduce the possibility of a spreading fire. When one of the sprinkler heads is activated, it will begin to flow water. This flow will continue until cut off by valves on that floor’s stairwells.
- Handicapped personnel who cannot safely evacuate via the stairwells should be assisted into the freight elevator vestibule adjacent to the stairwell on your floor. The Safety Warden should report their location to the Fire Command Station in the lobby to arrange for evacuation by the Fire Department via the freight elevator. The freight vestibule is a sprinkled area of refuge separated from the public corridor by a fire rated wall. It is also immediately adjacent to the stairwell which is pressurized against smoke intrusion and protected by 2-hour rated walls.
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