[Circulation] Fire and Emergency Procedures

[Suzanne Karanikis]

Hello All,

I've recently become one of the library's building safety liaisons so  
I've had  conversations with Lori Smith, the Assistant Director of  
Environmental Health and Safety for the campus regarding the library.   
Here are some more reminders about building emergencies:

-During a fire, call campus police and then leave the building at the  
nearest exit.  You are not responsible for clearing patrons from the  
building.  You MUST exit the building any time a fire alarm sounds or  
you are instructed to do so by campus police.  The meeting place for  
library staff is the library lawn in front of the building.  When I am  
here I will do a roll call of all library staff and student workers.   
In the evening, meet up with Courtney in front of the building.  You  
will need to remain outside until campus police tells you it is ok to  
go back in.  Though the stairwell at the Crown Center end is locked on  
the ground floor and alarmed it is an emergency exit and you can get  
out because the doors within the stairwell open by pushing the panic  
bar.

-Fire extinguishers are only in place to aid in escape.  It it is  
nobody's job to extinguish a fire. It is everybody's job to get out of  
the building safely and alert others by yelling, and pulling the alarm  
if one is nearby.  Fire extinguishers should only be used if the  
person has been trained, the fire is extremely small, he/she knows  
exactly what is burning, and Campus Police have already been summoned.

-There are only 3 fire alarm pull stations in the building: 2 on the  
ground floor (outside Duplications and the Post Office, respectively),  
and one outside the 3rd floor computer lab.

-I will be at some point meeting with other building safety liaisons  
to talk about how we can better spread the word about fire and  
building safety on campus.  If you have opinions about this with  
regard to our building or any other building on campus please let me  
know and I will bring your feedback to the group.

Thank you and please contact me with questions about building safety.

Suzanne
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Suzanne Karanikis
Circulation Supervisor
Harold F. Johnson Library
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
ph:  413-559-5762
fax: 413-559-5419

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