During An Alarm

When the fire alarm is activated, all occupants shall evacuate the building through the stairwells. If you are disabled, await help from your assigned Aid or wait near the stairwell doors. Methods of removing handicapped personnel must be discussed and should be practiced in advance. Evacuation of handicapped employees can be accomplished by having the strongest personnel in the office carry the handicapped personnel down the proper stairs, once stairwells are cleared of other evacuees. The doors at the bottom of the stairwell will automatically unlock during a fire. Handicapped persons should be delivered to the landing inside the nearest stairwell, allowing room for others to evacuate, until they are ready to be escorted down. 500 New Jersey Avenue stairwells are designed to be fire towers and are considered to be one of the safest areas in the building during an emergency fire condition.