Fire Prevention Measures
- DO NOT ACCUMULATE quantities of discarded files or other paper trash in your office or storage areas. Pay special attention to housekeeping in departments that produce large quantities of trash, such as copy machine, mail and receiving rooms. Do not store items in aisle ways that are used as paths of travel to the emergency stairwell exits.
- KEEP ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES in good repair.
- WHEN FURNISHING THE OFFICE, consider the fire potential of materials used in large amounts in overstuffed chairs, couches or anything that could become a combustible item. If a large quantity of such furnishings is in your office, we recommend they be flameproof. Insist that the manufacturer provide documentation on the flame rate spread characteristics of the materials used.
- ALL FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS must be stored in small quantities in fireproof cabinets.
- YOU MAY WISH to install additional fire extinguishers in certain areas such as, supply and copy machine rooms. Computer rooms should be equipped with Halon extinguishers only.
Fire Emergency Procedures
Report the fire, don't assume someone else has or will. The S.F.F.D. recommends the following procedure in the order outlined.
- Pull or activate a Manual Pull Station. These are located in the elevator lobbies and next to each stairwell exit.
- Follow all directions given by the Floor Warden Staff or the Fire Safety Director.
- Assist others in exiting, if it is safe to do so.
- Close doors to confine fire.
- DO NOT try to extinguish the fire UNLESS you are in personal danger and cannot exit.
- Do not open doors if they are hot.
- Use stairwells only.
- If caught in heavy smoke, take short breaths, breathe through your nose, and crawl to exit.
- Meet at the prearranged evacuation area.
- Do not re-enter the building until the S.F.F.D. approves re-entry.
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