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Emergency
Procedures & Fire Systems
If
any emergency occurs, call 911 and contact your Residence
Hall Coordinator and/or Duty RA at the hall desk at once.
Emergencies include fire, sickness, accident, or a threatening
situation. If
you are on campus and an emergency occurs look for an emergency/duress phone.
In the event of any major crisis, find or
stay with your living area group or RA until you are officially
accounted for and released. Call a family member as soon
as possible to let them know you are safe. We strongly recommend
keeping three gallons of drinking water at all times, and
a personal emergency kit.
Fire
DO NOT USE ELEVATORS
For fire inside your room:
1. Call 911 and call hall front desk. Give your exact location.
Tell them what’s burning.
2. Activate the fire alarm pull station if available.
3. If you cannot safely extinguish the fire, evacuate the
area. Close all doors as you leave. Take your keys.
For fire outside your room:
1. Feel the door. If it is hot, don’t open it! Call
911 and tell them the situation and exact location. Seal
bottom of door with towel or other material to keep out smoke.
Move away from door.
2. If the door is not hot, open cautiously. Walk to the closest
safe stairway. If smoke is present—stay low. Walk downstairs.
Go up only if downward movement is not safe.
Prepare in advance! Count the doors between your room and
stairwell, in case the area is dark or smoky.
Evacuation
All residents and guests are required to evacuate the building
if an alarm is sounded. Read the emergency procedures posted
on the back of your door, now! Villa Alvarado residents should
note the location of the nearest
stairway
to use in
an emergency.
• Assembly
points are available online, please know where your location
for gathering upon evacuation.
• University and city ordinances consider fire regulation and
evacuation drills essential. Alarms and fire equipment must
not be disturbed except in actual emergencies. (CA Penal
Code No. 148.4) Violators will be prosecuted.
• A continual alarm signals evacuation by all students and
guests.
• In the LLC, evacuate by end stairwell.
• In high rises (Chapultepec, Cuicacalli, Zura, and Tenochca
Halls) use the closest available stairway to exit.
• Villa Alvarado residents should evacuate to the lower C Lot.
• At the first sound of an alarm, the staff member on duty
will immediately shut down the elevators.
• In drills and real emergencies, hall staff have the same
authority as representatives of the Fire Department.
• All rooms must be evacuated.
• Residents may re-enter the building only when notified by
staff that it is safe to do so.
• Failure to evacuate and follow instructions of university
staff will result in judicial action.
Earthquake
Keep these supplies in your room:
• Flashlight with extra batteries
• Battery-powered radio with extra batteries
• Heavy gloves, shoes, blanket
• Three gallons drinking water
• First aid kit
• Supply of necessary medications
In the event of an earthquake:
•
Don’t run outside.
• Indoors, watch for objects that could fall on you, such as
light fixtures, furniture, ceiling. Stay away from mirrors,
windows, swinging doors. Try to get under a table, desk,
bed, or doorway.
•
In a high-rise building, get under a desk or table. Don’t
dash for exits, since stairways may be broken or jammed with
people. Power for elevators may fail.
• Outside, avoid buildings, power poles, and other objects
which could fall; move to an open area.
• Do not go inside the building.
• In a car, stop in the safest space possible.
After the shaking stops:
• Prepare to evacuate. Get your supplies.
• Find and stay with your living area group or RA until you
are officially accounted for and released.
•
Don’t use candles, matches, or other open flames due
to possible gas leaks.
• Be alert for fires and broken glass.
• Do not touch downed power lines or objects touching them.
•
Don’t use your telephone except for true emergency
calls. Turn on a radio for damage reports and information.
• Arrange in advance with someone outside San Diego to be a
mutual phone contact for you and your parents.
• Be prepared for aftershocks which may cause additional damage.
Fire Safety and You
Fire alarm systems in the SDSU Residence Halls are reliable
and are state-of-the-art, from a technical perspective. The campus
fire alarm network is monitored by University Police. Alarms are very
sensitive, for your protection, and can be inappropriately set off
by carelessness in cooking, use of appliances, or smoke, as well as
more dangerous reasons. Nevertheless, all alarms must be taken seriously,
and all residents must immediately evacuate.
Each and every device (pull-station, smoke detector, heat detector, etc.) has
a specific address programmed into the controller. If a problem is evident, the
controller will know exactly which detector is in trouble or alarm, and then
transmit that information to University Police.
Fire alarm systems were installed for your protection. The campus has had numerous
cases of residents attempting to disable smoke detectors, or remove them from
their rooms. The safety of our residents has been taken into consideration, and
maintaining the integrity of our systems is managed with the assistance of all
residents.
Students tampering with any part of any system, in any manner, will be reviewed
for immediate eviction, Judicial, and legal action. Please be advised that all
repairs made necessary due to tampering with fire
alarm equipment will be charged to the resident. Further, in accordance with
section 148.4(a)(1) of the Penal Code, tampering with a fire alarm or life safety
system may be considered a felony.
If you notice a problem with the fire alarm system, please don't hesitate to
contact your front desk.
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