{"id":39,"date":"2022-01-17T12:23:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2022-12-07T10:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:35:52","slug":"fire-safety-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/new-students\/community-living\/safety-security\/fire-safety-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Safety &amp; Emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">What to do in case of Fire<\/p>\n<h2>If Fire or Smoke is Observed<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediately activate the fire alarm, if it is not already sounding.<\/li>\n<li>Call 911 (9-911 if using a campus\/room phone) and\/or the Department of Public Safety, 218-755-3888 (3888 if using a campus\/room phone) or have someone make that call.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the Building Emergency Plan and begin an external evacuation.<\/li>\n<li>Close doors to isolate fire and contain smoke, if it can be done safely.<\/li>\n<li>Move to the closest, safe exit.\n<ul>\n<li>Check doors with back of hand before opening; if hot move to alternate exit.<\/li>\n<li>If door is not hot, open it slowly and check for smoke and odors; if they are strong close door and move to alternate exit.<\/li>\n<li>If smoke and odors are tolerable, prop open door and proceed, staying low to lessen smoke exposure.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use elevators<\/li>\n<li>Help those needing assistance evacuating, if it can be done safely.<\/li>\n<li>Report the location of anybody left in the building to emergency responders.<\/li>\n<li>Do not return to the building until an &ldquo;All Clear&rdquo; is announced by the Fire Department, Public Safety or other recognized authority.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>If You Are Unable to Evacuate<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Move into a room as faraway from the source of the fire as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Close the door.<\/li>\n<li>Seal the space at the bottom of the door the best you can, to reduce smoke penetration.<\/li>\n<li>If possible, call or take other actions to notify emergency responders of your location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Use a Fire Extinguisher Only If<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You have been trained on fire extinguisher use.<\/li>\n<li>You are confident in your ability to extinguish the fire.<\/li>\n<li>The fire is small; e.g., no bigger than the size of a wastebasket.<\/li>\n<li>The fire department has been notified.<\/li>\n<li>Evacuation has begun.<\/li>\n<li>You have a safe exit route that the fire cannot block.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do in case of Fire If Fire or Smoke is Observed Immediately activate the fire alarm, if it is not already sounding. Call 911 (9-911 if using a campus\/room phone) and\/or the Department of Public Safety, 218-755-3888 (3888 if using a campus\/room phone) or have someone make that call. Activate the Building Emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1083,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/1083"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/reslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}