Fire Safety Policy:

When a building’s fire alarm is heard, each person must:

• Immediately exit the building
• Always assume an emergency, never assume a false alarm
• Use stairs, not elevators
• Not open door if knob is warm to the touch; stay in room and call 911
• Crawl on floor (where air is fresher) if smoke is encountered

If a person smells smoke or sees smoke or fire, he or she must:

• Pull the nearest building alarm
• Close room door(s)
• Safely exit the building
• Call 911
• Never attempt to fight or put out a fire
• Tell staff or fire authorities exact location of fire or smoke

Resident students also are responsible for reading emergency/evacuation procedures posted in each room, knowing locations of exit stairwells and doors, planning more than one exit route, and not tampering with or disabling detection devices within their rooms or other fire safety equipment throughout their building.