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The following actions should be taken by Students, Faculty and Staff when fire alarms are activated or a smoke or fire condition is discovered on the campus

• When a fire alarm is heard or the alarm strobe lights are flashing in a building all persons in the building must immediately proceed to exit the building through the nearest exit
• All persons occupying a building are responsible to familiarize themselves with a primary and alternate means to exit the building from the space they occupy
• Do not use elevators to exit a building
• Once outside University Police should be called to ensure that the alarm has reached the UPD dispatch and F.D.N.Y. has been dispatched
• No one except UPD and other trained personnel should reenter the building until it has been determined to be safe by UPD, FDNY or competent Physical Plant personnel
• Never delay exiting the building or assume that it is a false alarm because you do not see or smell smoke or fire

• Remain calm. Immediately exit the building by a route away from the source of the fire or smoke condition
• Do not try to put out the fire or find its source.
• Check doors you must open to see if they feel hot. If they are hot do not open them. Look for another route or if trapped go to a window and call for help.
• Close doors behind you as you exit
• If smoke is heavy stay low, crawl on the floor and feel your way along walls to an exit.
• Unless you are trapped, wait until you are out of the building to call in the alarm to UPD dispatch by DIALING 911 on any campus phone
• If possible activate the building’s fire alarm system on the way out.
• Don’t search for other people or take time to gather belongings
• Knock on doors and yell fire on your way out but don’t hesitate or stray from the quickest way out
• Never attempt to go back in the building until the condition has been corrected and you are instructed to do so by competent personnel