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FIRE EVACUATION SUMMARY

Fire Safety – Summary of Evacuation Instructions
 
Fire in your own apartment:

  1. Leave your unit. Close but do not lock the door behind you.
  2. Pull Fire Alarm handle.
  3. Call 911 (from a neighbor's phone)
  4. Do No use the elevator.
  5. Leave Building and go to your appointed gathering place.

When Fire Alarm sounds:
  1. Leave your unit. Close but do not lock the door behind you.
  2. Do Not use the elevator (See below if you need assistance.)
  3. Leave Building and go to your appointed gathering place.

If you Need Assistance:
  1. When you hear an alarm, Call 911 & say - "I hear the fire alarm and I need assistance."
  2. If you are mobile: Leave your unit and wait on the catwalk for assistance
  3. OR if you are not mobile, wait for assistance.
  4. Fire Department personnel will assist you as necessary.

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REMEMBER

The safety of everyone in an apartment building depends on your response to a fire in your own apartment and to the alarm system signaling a fire in someone else’s apartment.

  1. The Smoke Detector will alert you to a possible fire in your apartment. Smoke detectors are not connected to the apartment alarm system
  2. The Fire Alarm, when the handle is pulled by someone, will alert everyone that there is a fire somewhere in the building. The Fire Alarm is not connected to the Fire Department
  3. The Fire Alarm Pull handles are located on the catwalks near every stairway.(Before an emergency arises, find the small red box near your unit.)
  4. Post the Fire Evacuation Instructions in a convenient place (the wall of your Laundry or Utility area) and have your housekeeper and/or caretaker read it periodically.
  5. Keep the building representative informed if you may temporarily or permanently require assistance to evacuate the building.
  6. Evacuate your building and congregate in the carport across the way or B12 goes to B13 and B13 goes to B12.
  7. Keep the area near your building clear for fire vehicles and equipment.

*If you need assistance

  1. Call 911 and tell them you hear the alarm and need assistance.
  2. If you are mobile, leave your unit and wait on the catwalk, at a distance from the fire, for assistance. Fire Department personnel will assist you to evacuate the building.
  3. If you are not mobile, Fire Department personnel will assist you to evacuate the building.

 

FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS OF MUTUAL 14

Your safety and the safety of your neighbors depend on your response to a fire in your own unit.

  1. Be certain you have a working smoke detector. Test it now and twice a year when "The Grapevine" reminds you to do so.
  2. Smoke detectors are not connected to the Fire Department.
  3. Advise your building representative if you now or if you later require assistance to evacuate your unit.
  4. Keep this copy of FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION where you will see it and read it again.

    CONTENTS

    1. Apartment Units
      • In the Event of a Fire in Your Unit
      • In the Event of a Fire in Another Unit
      • If You Need Assistance to Evacuate Your Unit
    2. Plaza Homes
      • In the Event of a Fire in Your Unit
      • In the Event of a Fire in an Attached Unit
      • If You Need Assistance to Evacuate Your Unit
    3. Summary of Evacuation Procedures


    APARTMENT UNITS

    Please look now for the red fire alarm pull box nearest your unit. There are three on each floor, one on the wall between the lobby entrance and the middle stairway and one on the wall at each end of the building at the stairway.

    Apartment smoke detectors are not connected to the apartment alarm system.

    In the Event of a Fire in Your Own Unit

    1. Do not attempt to put out the fire.
    2. Walk out of your unit closing doors behind you, but do not lock the front door.
    3. Go to the nearest red fire alarm pull handle and pull it to activate the alarms in the units in the building
    4. Go to a neighbor's unit and call 911 to report the fire to the Fire Department. It is not necessary to call the gate as they will be notified by the Fire Department.
    5. Walk out of your building to a neighboring building for shelter.
    6. Do not use the elevator.
    7. Do not stand in the carport or street near your building. Keep that area clear for fire vehicles and equipment.

    In the Event of a Fire in Another Unit

    1. When you, hear the Fire Alarm, walk out of your unit and walk out of your building to a neighboring building for shelter.
    2. Do not use the elevator.
    3. Do not stand in the carport or street near your building. Keep that area clear for fire vehicles and equipment.

    If You Need Assistance to Evacuate Your Unit

    Call 911, tell them that you have a fire in your unit or that you have heard the fire alarm and that you need assistance to evacuate your unit or the building.

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    PLAZA HOMES

    In the Event of a Fire in Your Own Unit

    1. Do not attempt to put out the fire.
    2. Walk out of your unit, closing doors behind you, but do not lock the front door.
    3. Go to a neighbor's telephone and call 911 to report the fire to the Fire Department. It is not necessary to call the gate as they will be notified by the Fire Department.
    4. Go to the neighbors in the units attached to your unit to tell them of the fire.
    5. Do not stand in your garage or the street near your building. Keep that area clear for fire vehicles and equipment.

    In the Event of a Fire in an Attached Unit

    1. When you learn of a fire, walk out of your unit and go to a neighboring, not attached, unit for shelter.
    2. Do not stand in your garage or the street near your building. Keep that area clear for fire vehicles and equipment.

    If You Need Assistance to Evacuate Your Unit

    Call 911, tell them that you have a fire in your unit or that you have a fire in an attached unit and that you need help to evacuate your unit.

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