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Building Evacuation
Continuous ringing of the fire alarm bell signals that you must evacuate the building immediately.
Even if the alarm stops after a short while, evacuation must continue until emergency response personnel give an all-clear signal. Building evacuations may be necessary for emergencies such as fire, smoke, bomb threat, flood, violence or hazardous material spills. If there is a practice drill or false alarm, we will allow you to re-enter the building as soon as the evacuation is completed, floor warden and Security confirmations are received and all required alarm system re-sets are completed.
It is important that, as you evacuate the building, you continue to progress directly to the designated assembly areas as directed by floor wardens. Please do not stop and gather immediately outside the building exits as this causes congestion as masses of students and employees attempt to evacuate behind you.
Take time now to review the evacuation plans and designated assembly areas for your campus.
David Lam Assembly Areas
New Westminster Assembly Areas
Surrey Training Centre Assembly Area
Things to remember:
- Follow shutdown procedures in areas where there are hazards such as natural gas lines, compressed gases and electrical equipment.
- Leave calmly by the routes designated on the emergency procedures signs, closing doors behind you. Use the stairs and not the elevators. You must never prop fire doors open.
- Do not go to the underground parkade to get your car. If you are in your car when fire alarm bells signal, turn engine off, leave car and exit on foot.
- If exits are blocked, your Floor Warden will supervise alternate evacuation routes.
- Alert visually and hearing impaired persons and escort them from the building.
- Assist wheelchair users and persons with disabilities to the closest street access point, or to an area of refuge (marked stairwell behind a fire door) and advise Security or your Floor Warden.
- Report missing persons to Security or your Floor Warden.
- If there is smoke, stay close to the floor and breathe shallowly through your nose, using a blouse, shirt or jacket as a filter.
- Do not exit onto balconies. Assemble in groups at street level, in designated assembly areas, away from the building and the danger of shattering glass.
- Stay with your group and inform others if you decide to leave the site.
- Do not re-enter the building for any reason until the all-clear signal is given by emergency response personnel.
Role of Key Personnel:
The Director, Facilities Services, Director of Safety, Security & Risk Management or Manager, Facilities Services, (Incident Commanders) are in command of the building during an emergency building evacuation. If the Fire Department is requested to attend, the Fire Chief has overall authority. A designate will assist the Incident Commander and perform necessary duties in his/her absence. They may require other personnel to assist in supervisory capacities.
Floor Wardens and Deputies (wearing orange vests) are required to supervise the orderly evacuation of all occupants from their designed areas. Floor Wardens must report in person or by radio phone to the Incident Commander when their areas have been evacuated. They must not allow anyone back into the building until the all clear signal is given. Deputy Floor Wardens (pre-appointed) will assume the duties of Floor Wardens in their absence.
Security has pre-assigned duties regarding relaying information, identifying problem areas and monitoring/resetting safety systems. BSW¿s may assist if called upon.
