Evacuation Procedures for Occupants with Disabilities
Persons in your building who cannot evacuate should stay where they are if they are not in immediate danger, and call the Operations Center (5-5560) and report their name and location, which will then be passed on to the Emergency Coordinator or the Cambridge Fire Department. If there is immediate danger, they should get as far away from the fire as they can and call the University Operations Center to report their location.
Evacuation Monitors report the names and the floor numbers of any individuals who are not able to evacuate, and provide that information to the Emergency Coordinator or the Cambridge Fire Department.
Unless an imminent life-threatening condition exits in the immediate area occupied by a non-ambulatory person or a person with a disability, relocation of the individual should be limited to an area on the floor away from the immediate danger. Transporting of individuals up or down stairwells should be avoided until police officers, firefighters or similarly trained rescue personnel have arrived.
