Fire Safety in Burnside Hall

Luiz Fernandes, Fire Prevention Officer

McGill University

(514) 398-8769

luiz.fernandes@mcgill.ca

We’ll talk about

• Building evacuation procedure

• Fire Protection Equipment

Evacuation of Buildings

How does one do it?1. Communicate the urgency to people.2. Direct people towards the nearest safe exit.3. Direct people to a specific meeting place outside

and away from the building.4. Provide information requested by Security or the

Fire Department about the incident and give details about people needing assistance in the building.

1. Communicate the urgency

• Use the nearest manual pull

station to signal an emergency.

When the alarm is sounding• Direct people to move towards the

emergency exit quickly.

2. The nearest safe exit?

Know your exits:• Review the posted evacuation plans • Physically locate your fire exits• Make sure they can be accessed (locked door, furniture or other obstruction)

At the time of an emergency, is the exit safe for evacuation?

Make sure there is no smoke or hot gases in the staircase, then proceed.

3. Leaving the building

Send everyone immediately to a location away from the building, to a predetermined meeting site, so that you may:

• Keep people safe• Prevent the crowd from obstructing

Firemen and Security operations• Prevent the crowd from returning to the

building before authorized

4. Assisting authorities

Provide information about :

• location or cause of the event

• injured people, if any

• people requiring assistance on the floors

• people refusing to evacuate

Identification of evacuation team members

We ask that the evacuation team members be identified by the orange vest:

• Evacuees know they need to follow your instructions. (it really helps!)

• Security and the fire department will know you may provide them with information about the emergency and that you are there to help.

Evacuation teams in Burnside

Building Emergency Warden• Proceed to a designated area clear of the Bldg and

receive updates from monitors and provide this information to emergency response personnel.

• Give the “all clear’’ to the evacuees once approved by the Fire Chief

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Evacuation teams in Burnside

Monitors• Perform a tour of your floor instructing people to

evacuate via the nearest exit • Verify that your assigned exit is usable and direct

people toward it in a calm and orderly fashion..• Provide aid to those so requiring, ex. with

disabilities• Leave via the designated evacuation route to

perform your duties outside• Report to the Bldg Emergency Warden

Lower field: General Meeting site

FDA: Meeting site for basement exit

Burnside Hall

Evacuation teams in Burnside

Evacuation team once outside the building• Basement monitors: move through tunnels to

adjacent buildings and to the court yard exit to keep people from re-entering.

• First floor monitors: move to entrances and basement exits onto the terrace, to keep people from re-entering. As people leave they will repeat to them in a loud voice to move to lower field

Basement monitors

2 Basement Monitors in Maass to prevent people from entering the Maass tunnelX

2 Basement Monitors in Macdonald Stewart to prevent people from entering Burnside through the North side tunnel doors.

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2 Basement Monitors in outside, at the yard exit.

XExits

Ground and 2nd floor monitors

X : 1st and 2nd floor monitors

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XOthers

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XTo Lower field

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Evacuation team once outside the building (cont.)

Other floor monitors: • assist or replace first floor monitors (if they are

missing or obviously need help). Assist in moving the crowd away as people leave the building.

• keep people away from the terrace and building until the Evacuation Team Warden or Security tells them they may re-enter the premises.

Evacuation teams in Burnside

Evacuation teams in Burnside

Procedure for people with disabilities• A monitor or volunteer should remain with a

mobility impaired person, close to the emergency exit

• Make sure someone advises the Bldg Emergency Warden or Security, which will in turn advise the Fire Chief

• Firemen will evacuate these people if there is a need to do so.

For all emergencies,Call 911 and Campus Security 398-3000When you have evacuated to a safe location,

please make the call.

Do not attempt to interrupt the alarms on your panel. You should not touch this equipment.

The fire alarm system is connected to ADT who will automatically call the Fire Department.

Fire Protection Equipment

In Burnside Bldg we have:

• A fire alarm system

• Portable fire extinguishers

• Sprinkler system

Should we try to extinguish a fire with one of these units:

When you or someone else has pulled a manual station

1. Determine the classes of fire implicated

(A, B, C, D and/or K)

2. Verify that your extinguisher is suitable (pictograms and classes of fire on each label)

3. Use the extinguisher thinking of “PASS”

(Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep)

Class of fire

Class A : Ordinary combustibles

Class B : Flammable Liquids

Class C : Electrical Equipment

Class K : Commercial cooking oil

Class D : Metals

How to use portable fire extinguishers.

• 1 Pull the pin (breaking the tamper seal)

• 2 Aim the nozzle at the base of the fire

• 3 Squeeze or press the handle

• 4 Sweep from side to side at the base of the fire until it goes out. Watch for reflash and reactivate extinguisher if necessary.

1. Pull the pin

• Hold the extinguisher below the gauge.

• If you turn the pin the plastic seal will break.

• Pull out the safety pin

2. Aim the nozzle at the base of the fire

• Release the nozzle and hose from it’s clamp (some extinguishers are not provided with hoses).

• Aim the nozzle carefully near the base of the fire.

3. Squeeze the handle

4. Sweep at the base of the fire

Do not fight the fire if

• It could cut off your exit

• There is too much smoke to attempt it

• The fire appears to be too large to handle with one extinguisher

• You feel in danger

If the fire spreads or grows -

Leave immediately

If your extinguisher is empty-

Leave immediately

• Do not look for another extinguisher. Shut the door and evacuate the building. Inform Security and the Fire Department of the situation when they get on site.

Your Fire Prevention Officer

Luiz Fernandes

Fire Prevention Officer

3610 McTavish, suite 32-0

Montréal, QC H3A 1Y2

Tel: (514) 398-8769

Email: luiz.fernandes@mcgill.ca