If a fire occurs in your area
Evacuate:
- Take your emergency supplies, car keys, purse, and/or wallet and other personal items if it is safe to do so
- Do not attempt to save possessions at the risk of personal injury
- While exiting, pull the fire alarm and note other hazards and any remaining personnel
- Proceed to safest exit/stairwell. DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR.
- If you are the last to leave, close doors behind you to confine the fire, but do not lock them
- If an area is smoky, stay low to the ground. Crawl if necessary.
- Assume smoke and/or fumes are hazardous
- Use a wet cloth, if possible, to cover your nose and mouth
- Use the back of your hand to feel the upper, lower, and middle parts of closed doors
- If the door is hot or smoke is visible, do not open the door. Look for another way out.
- If the door is cool, brace yourself against it and open slowly
- If you see fire, confine it by closing doors and windows, if safe to do so
- Never go back into a burning building
- Call 9-911 from Stanford University phones (911 from non-campus or cell phones), give the following information:
- Your name
- Telephone number
- Location of the fire (building, floor, room number, etc.)
- Severity of fire
- Indicate whether people or equipment are involved or are in imminent danger
Note: Do not hang up until the dispatcher does
- Check in at the designated Emergency Assembly Point (EAP) for the building you are in and report any noted hazards or remaining personnel
- Do not return to the building until instructed to do so by emergency personnel
- Consult the Evacuation Procedure section of this booklet for additional information
If you are trapped inside your office
- Call 9-911 from Stanford University phones (911 from non-campus or cell phones) and give the following information:
- Your name
- Telephone number
- Location of the fire (building, floor, room number, etc.)
- Severity of fire
Note: Do not hang up until the dispatcher does
- Wedge cloth material along the bottom of the door to keep out smoke
- Close as many doors as possible between you and the fire
Additional information
- If your clothes or those of another are on fire, STOP, DROP, AND ROLL
- Use extinguishers on small fires (smaller than a trash can) only if it is safe to do so. Remember “PASS”:
- Pull the pin
- Aim at the base of the fire
- Squeeze the nozzle
- Sweep back and forth