Emergency Response Guide
Fire or Evacuation/Shelter
ALL FIRES, EVEN EXTINGUISHED FIRES,MUST BE REPORTED.
Clothing on Fire
Stop moving.
Drop to the floor.
Roll on the floor to smother flames.
Drench with water from an emergency shower or sink hose.
Rescue
Rescue or relocate people in immediate danger if you can do so without
endangering yourself. Exit via a safe fire exit.Do not use elevators.
Alarm
Sound the alarm by pulling a fire box, and call 911 from a safe
distance to notify police of precise location of fire.
Confine
If practical, confine the fire by closing all doors,windows, and other
openings, and shutting off the piped and compressed gas as you are
EVACUATING.
Evacuate
Evacuate the building. (Extinguish the fire only if you have been
trained. Only small fires are possible to extinguish, so always be
prepared to evacuate.)
Shelter in place only if instructed by police, fire, or security personnel.
Responsibilities for the Building Evacuation Monitor:
- Ensure that R.A.C.E. is followed if smoke or flames are discovered
in your work area.
- Survey every room in your area, if safe to do so, in order to make
sure that everyone has evacuated.
- Be aware of impaired staff and visitors who need to be alerted or
assisted or both.
- Ensure that people follow the appropriate evacuation route, and
that they are directed to a safe, post-evacuation meeting place.
- Account for all staff and visitors at the post-evacuation site.
- Identify yourself to emergency responders as the Evacuation
Monitor.
- Ensure that before an emergency, everyone in your work group
knows the location of all emergency equipment and procedures,
including:
- 2 evacuation routes from the building
- Designated post-evacuation meeting place (away from
the building)
- 2 exit stairwells
- 2 fire alarm pull stations
- 2 fire extinguishers
- 2 drench hoses, emergency showers, and eye wash stations
- Automated External Defibrillator
Evacuation Plan:
- In case of alarm, evacuate the building using the nearest exit. Go
directly to your emergency evacuation meeting point. Identify a
back-up exit.
- Small fires can be extinguished only if you are trained to use a
fire extinguisher or it is necessary for escape. Do not use elevators during a fire alarm.
- Do not enter a room if the door is warm to touch or if the
room is smoke filled.
- Make sure stairwell doors remain closed, latched, and unobstructed at all times.
- All fires, even those that have been extinguished,must be reported
to the Fire Department by calling 911.
- When working with animals, secure animals in their cage or
appropriate container and immediately evacuate the facility.
- Persons who need assistance during building evacuations
should identify the building’s area of refuge (e.g., exit stairwell)
in advance of an emergency. Contact the Harvard Police
(617-432-1212) or notify your Evacuation Monitor that you
need assistance.
Evacuation Monitors should report the names and locations of any
individuals who are incapable of evacuating.Harvard University
Police Department will be on-scene during building alarms (or
call 617-432-1212).
