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Fire
In Case of Fire:
- Get out immediately and close the door behind you. Once out, you should report the fire. Call 911 or 314-516-5155 from any campus telephone for emergency assistance.
- Activate the nearest fire alarm.
- Warn other building occupants of the nature of the danger. Begin evacuation of the building by the nearest safe exits. Contain the fire by closing as many doors as practical. Do NOT lock doors.
- Assist mobility-impaired persons to an exit if safe to do so. Do NOT use elevators in evacuations. Immediately inform 1st responders of locations of mobility-impaired persons unable to exit on their own.
- If you can manage the fire on your own, and have the training to combat the fire, use a fire extinguisher. Do not endanger yourself or others.
- Move as far away from the building as possible and report to your supervisor or a predetermined rally point. Do not leave the immediate area until you have been accounted for!
- Provide information to emergency response personnel on what you saw, how many persons may be in the building and their location, if known.
- Follow the instructions of the emergency response personnel.
Explosion/Bomb
- Immediately evacuate the building. Activate a fire alarm if you pass one en route.
- Call Campus Police at 314-516-5155. Inform them of the situation and provide as much information as possible.
Fire Drills
Drills may be conducted on a random basis. Alarm test announcements will be posted on all common entrances to a building on the day of the test. The anticipated test time will be listed. Evacuation is not necessary at this time. However, at all other times, when the fire alarm sounds, you should leave the building immediately-- even if someone else tells you it is a false alarm. Do not use the elevator and do not assume it is an alarm test--fire alarms should never be taken lightly.
You may go back into the building when personnel from the Fire Dept., UMSL Police, or Environmental Health & Safety tell you it is safe to re-enter.
Institutional Safety responds to a fire alarm (24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year) to assist the Fire Department with building and room entry and can also provide information about a particular area due to their familiarity with the buildings. The facilities personnel help locate the alarm area for the Fire Department by checking and operating the fire alarm control panel.
Fire Alarm Testing
Testing is scheduled in advance, with notices sent to key occupants in those buildings, and posted on the building entrances. These persons should inform the rest of the building occupants of the date and time of the test, and that it is not necessary to evacuate.
On a regularly scheduled basis, Facilities Maintenance checks and tests fire alarm systems, smoke detectors, sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers and fire hoses. In accordance with State Law, fire alarms are tested at least once a year to make sure they are working properly in case of a real fire. No one is required to evacuate a building during a fire alarm test.
During a fire alarm test, all bells and/or horns are sounded first to make sure they are operating properly. This takes approximately three to five minutes. Then the bells are silenced and the rest of the system is tested. If a bell or horn does not work, it is turned over to the maintenance section of Facilities for repair. If you notice that a nearby bell or horn made no sound, bring it to the attention of Facilities personnel conducting the test.
Sprinkler Systems
Sprinklers are an important part of the fire protection system in most campus buildings. Like fire alarms, these systems are checked on a regular basis. Their purpose is to suppress a fire and keep it from spreading. Water flowing in the system triggers the fire alarm. Please report any leaking sprinkler equipment to Facilities at 516-6314 .
A popular activity in some buildings, "hall sports" (throwing objects like balls and Frisbees in hallways) can damage fire sprinkler system equipment. Designed to be sensitive to rising temperatures, sprinkler heads can be easily damaged when they are bumped. Likewise, hanging any objects or decorations from sprinkler heads and pipes can also cause damage.
Water from a sprinkler can leave oily stains on carpet and other furnishings. All repair costs due to negligence are charged to the department that sustained the damage. Residential Life is charged with any damage in residence halls--and will attempt to bill the person responsible in order to keep down costs.