Call 911
from any Campus phone

Fire Procedures in Campus Residential Buildings

In the event of a Fire Alarm, do the following things:

1. Leave the building immediately--use the stairwells--not the elevator.
2. If you are a mobility-impaired person on an upper floor, proceed to the stairwell landing on your floor and instruct someone to notify emergency response personnel of your location.
3. NO personnel will be allowed to re-enter the building without permission of OSU Environmental Health & Safety or the Stillwater Fire Department.

In the event of a Fire, do the following things:

1. Assist any person in immediate danger to safety, if it can be accomplished without risk to yourself.
2. Immediately activate the building fire alarm system.  This will sound the fire alarm bells or horns to evacuate the building and will automatically notify the Campus Police, OSU Environmental Health & Safety and the Stillwater Fire Department.  It is best to have these agencies respond and not be needed than it is to have them arrive too late for potential rescue.
3. If the fire is small enough, use a nearby fire extinguisher to control and extinguish the fire.  Don't fight the fire if these conditions exist:
   *  The fire is too large or out-of-control.
   *  If the atmosphere is toxic.
4. If the first attempts to put out the fire do not succeed, evacuate the building immediately.
5. Doors, and if possible, windows should be closed as the last person leaves a room or area.
6. Do not use elevators--use building stairwells.
7. When they hear the fire alarm sound, all personnel in the affected areas shall evacuate the building immediately.
8. Upon evacuating the building, residents shall proceed to an area (at least 150 feet from the affected building) where Hall Supervisors are responsible for taking a head count and accounting for all residents.
9. NO residents will be allowed to re-enter the building without permission of OSU Environmental Health & Safety or the Stillwater Fire Department.
10. You must report all fires to OSU Environmental Health & Safety.  All large fires will be investigated by OSU EHS officers and/or the local fire marshal.

Fire drills are conducted in all Campus Housing units.  An announced drill is held early in the Fall semester and an unannounced drill is held during the Spring semester.

If residents do not evacuate a building in a reasonable amount of time, the drill is repeated until EHS officials are satisfied with the evacuation time. All repeat drills are unannounced.

Natural gas safety guidelines for University housing

The OSU ResLife Handbook and the University Apartments Handbook contain additional information on safety policies.

Updated June 2008