Safety and Security

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Your residence hall room or bedroom has been outfitted with a hardwired smoke detector and a automatic sprinkler system for your safety. These units should NOT be tampered with in any way. Tampering or disabling the unit may result in life safety issues, alarms and disciplinary action.  It does not contain a battery or any user serviceable parts. The smoke detector and sprinkler head/s are connected to the central building fire alarm system..

In the event your alarm horn should sound or there is smoke or fire present, do the following:

• Notify everyone in your living space.
• Exit your room, carefully check for smoke, or flames if safe stay low and proceed to the nearest exit.
• Pull the nearest fire alarm pull station (sounding the entire building alarm system).
• DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR. Use other exit ways.
  
• Evacuate the building in a calm and orderly fashion and proceed to your designated meeting place.
• DO NOT GO BACK INSIDE until the fire department Chief gives the OK!
  

If smoke alarm horn does not sound, or there is any water leakage from sprinkler system piping call Physical Plant at 6278. Be prepared to leave your name, building, room number and description of the problem. If you wish more information call the Physical Plant office at 6278.

8/2005

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