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FIRE EMERGENCY411 East Thomas
Thomas Park View Apartments
Escape Floor Plan
Every alarm must be treated as a fire emergency. If you hear the fire alarm or see the strobes going off take these steps to ensure a safe evacuation of the building.
1. Leave your unit as quickly as possible, closing doors as you go. Use the stairs, not the elevators, to evacuate the building.
2. If you are unable to exit using the stairs, stay in your unit.
3. If Smoke is present, stay low. The best and safest air is nearest the floor
4. Once outside, move away from the building. All tenants should gather on the Southeast corner of Summit. Across from the building to allow emergency personal to enter unobstructed.
5. Do not go back into the building for any reason until the Fire Department has given permission to re-enter.
Once outside the building notify the property manager. You can call 24 hours a day at (206) 322-8030 during any emergency.
PREPARATION
If you hear the building alarm, react immediately.
Do not wait for instructions to begin evacuation. In a fire, seconds count.
If you discover a fire, pull the building alarm to alert others. If you
can close doors to confine the fire, do so. Upon evacuating the building,
call 911 from a safe location to insure the fire department is responding.
Be prepared to tell them the nature of the emergency, and the address
of the building. Call the property manager at (206) 322-8030.
If you have special needs that prevent you from exiting the building by
the stairwells, ask the building manager if your name and apartment number
can be posted at the fire alarm panel or in the managers office, so that
fire fighters are made aware of your need for assistance.
Every family and person should have a fire
escape plan —and practice it (See
building Floor Escape Plan ). Know at least two ways out of the building.
Feel doors before you open them. If they are hot, do not open them, rather
use another exit. Be sure to close all doors as you pass through, including
your apartment door. If you encounter smoke, drop to the floor and crawl,
as smoke and fire rises.
Go to the designated gathering place for tenants on the Southeast corner
of Summit. That way you will know everyone is out and will keep you out
of the way of emergency equipment and personnel. Fire escape routes must
not include elevators, which might take you right to the fire.
