Fire Safety Week: How to respond to a building evacuation

Many on-campus housed students participated in fire evacuation drills from their dorms last week. As Fire Prevention Week comes to a close, here are some tips for how to best navigate evacuations from dorm rooms with concepts that can be applied to any building.

• Make sure that you can hear the building alarm system when you are in your bedroom.
• Learn your building’s evacuation plan and practice all drills as if they are the real thing.
• Keep halls, exits, and stairs clear. If there is a fire, you need to leave quickly.
• Keep your room key, building key, and/or access card near your bed when you sleep. Take them with you when you hear the fire alarm and leave the building.
• Read any emergency information cards posted in your area – before you need the information in a hurry.
• When the fire alarm sounds, get out of the building, and stay out until WWU staff and/or first responders give the “all clear”.

Video: Keeping Stairwells Clear Makes Evacuation Easy During Fire

PDF (for print): Know What To Do In Case of a Fire

Emergency Management & Business Continuity: em.wwu.edu/