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FIRE
SAFETY
Please address questions or comments about Fire Safety to John Cook,
Public Safety Administrator - email jacook@pobox.upenn.edu,
phone 8-6922.
Read the fire safety
information sticker on the back of your door! It could save your life!
If your sticker is missing, file a maintenance request on-line at
http://www.upenn.edu/resliv/hserv.html
The Sansom Place fire alarm system
is a sophisticated and sensitive one which includes heat detectors in
your rooms and smoke detectors in your hallways. These detectors
activate the building alarms. There are also separate smoke detectors in
your rooms which are local and start buzzing when there is too much
smoke. These do not set off the building alarms and reset
themselves in a few minutes, providing the smoke has cleared. These alarms give you an opportunity
to react to accidental smoke from cooking mistakes. Open your windows to air out the smoke, but DO NOT
your door. Doing the latter could set off the building's alarm.
GOURMET DISASTERS
Many fire alarms have
been set off by burnt or smoky food. Please be attentive to your
culinary activities. Do not prop open your door while cooking, as it
can cause hall smoke detectors (and the whole building's alarms) to
go off.
Due to the serious nature of fire safety, we have instituted a $50 fine for persons who activate
building-wide alarms when window ventilation would have prevented the incident.
If you have a fire/set off the alarm:
If your cooking sets off
the building's alarms:
- Notify your building's Information Center
to alert the staff of the situation. This will help the Fire Department locate the source of the alarm,
and will shorten the time the fire bells
ring (much to the pleasure of your neighbors)!
- Exit the building according to the procedures outlined on the Fire Safety sticker posted on the
back of your room door and listed in the column to the right.
If you do not report the cause and your room is found to be the source
of an alarm, you may be fined considerably.
Remember: - Open flames and candles are not permitted in
Sansom Place.
- Halogen lamps are not permitted in Sansom Place.
EVACUATION PROCEDURES. Evacuation procedures are essential
to the well-being of all Sansom Place residents. Please read all of the materials on the back of your room/
apartment door in advance. Additionally, follow the helpful guidelines below to ensure a safe and timely
response to emergency alarms.
WHEN THE ALARM SOUNDS:
- Take your keys, Penn ID, and lock your door.
- Dress appropriately to brave the outdoor elements.
- Evacuate through the closest fire stairwell; there are three on each floor.
- You may choose to either descend down the stairs and exit the building through the stairwells,
or remain in the stair tower until the alarm stops.
- Do not go down to the lobby; you must exit the building through the fire stairwells.
- Return to the building (or your apartment, if you have remained in the stair tower) only after all alarms
have stopped and you have told to do so by the staff.
- Do not take the elevators. When the alarm sounds, the elevators immediately become inoperable and will only
resume once cleared by the emergency professionals.
- Sansom Place East and Sansom Place West each have two different alarm systems, one for each side of the
building. Generally, only one side will be activated. If you are within the sound of the alarm, you must evacuate.
If you do not hear the alarm, you are not required to evacuate.
- The information center will issue a verbal announcement to accompany the emergency alarm. This announcement
cannot be restricted to one side of the building. Therefore, listen for the alarm. If it is not ringing on
your side of the building, you do not need to evacuate.
- If you are in a common area you must evacuate. If you wish to enter the building, you must wait until the end of the alarm, even if your
half of the building does not have an alarm going off!
- Evacuation drills are always posted in the lobby on the day of testing. Therefore, when the alarm sounds, you
should assume it is a real emergency.
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