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Fire Safety Week: How to respond to a building evacuation

Many on-campus housed students participated in fire evacuation drills from their dorms last week. As Fire Prevention Week comes to a close, here are some tips for how to best navigate evacuations from dorm rooms with concepts that can be applied to any building.

  • Make sure that you can hear the building alarm system when you are in your bedroom.
  • Learn your building鈥檚 evacuation plan and practice all drills as if they are the real thing.
  • Keep halls, exits, and stairs clear. If there is a fire, you need to leave quickly.
  • Keep your room key, building key, and/or access card near your bed when you sleep. Take them with you when you hear the fire alarm and leave the building.
  • Read any emergency information cards posted in your area 鈥 before you need the information in a hurry.
  • When the fire alarm sounds, get out of the building, and stay out until 草榴社区 staff and/or first responders give the 鈥渁ll clear鈥.

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