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