Q & A session for Evacuation and Shelter Training

Q & A session for Evacuation and Shelter Training June 2007

Test question #1 • What type of safety devices are in this facility?

Answer: #1 TYPES OF Safety Devices • Manual Pull Station: activates the fire alarm • Smoke detectors: detects smoke and activates alarm • Sprinkler System: detects high levels of heat • Strobe lights installed for the hearing impaired

Answer: #1 OTHER FIRE DEVICES • Fire extinguisher: in all common spaces and near the stairwells • Fire doors: Specially tested doors that are normally open but close upon fire alarm system activation. • Exit signs: follow direction in which arrow is pointing or location of sign

Test question #2 • What are the duties of the bathroom monitor?

Answer: #2 • To ensure that they are clear

Test question #3 • During an emergency event, such as a fire evacuation, what would you do if you found an employee unconscious on the floor?

Answer: #3 • Call 911 (on-campus) or 9-911 (off-campus) • Stay with them if possible • Ensure that a team member tells the OEC

Test question #4 • What do you do before exiting a closed door during an emergency?

Answer: #4 • Feel the door with the back of your hand to see if it is warm/hot to the touch.

Test question #5 • When is the only time you can use an elevator during an emergency?

Answer: #5 • NEVER! Only Trained fire fighters are authorized to use the elevator.

Test question #6 • Why is it important to close the door behind yourself when exiting to a stairwell or room?

Answer: #6 • Keep fire and smoke confined.

Test question #7 • What do you do if someone refuses to leave the building during an alarm situation?

Answer: #7 • Ask them calmly to leave the building but do not put yourself in danger.

Test question #8 • When encountering a smoke filled room or area, what would you do?

Answer: #8 • Get as low to the floor as possible and get out

#9 Do you know your primary and secondary exits on your floor or in your building?

#10 Do you know your SIP (Shelter-In-Place) area? Safe area Safe area

Test question #11 • If you received a bomb threat phone call, give me three examples of things that you would note from the phone call?

Answer: #11 • Where is the bomb.. • When is going to go off • Remember the who, what, when, where and why.

Test question #12 Is anything suspicious about this?

Answer: #12 • Mail that has no return address. • Mail addressed only to title of prospective recipient or using an incorrect title. • Misspelled words or defective address. • Restrictive markings such as "confidential" or "personal for." • Excessive postage. • Stains, discoloration, oiliness, crystallization, or strange odor. • Abnormal size; excessive wrapping. • Wires, metal foil, or string protruding. • Unusually heavy or unbalanced. • Lopsided or uneven envelope. • Very rigid envelope. • Springiness. • Suspicious package drop-offs/attempted drop-offs.

Test question #13 • What wrong with this hallway?

Answer: #13 • No clear exit • Less than 54 inches of clearance • Clutter on both sides of hallway

Test question #14 • What wrong with this picture?

Answer: #14 • Blocked Elevator • Improper storage.

Q & A session for Evacuation and Shelter Training