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Fire and Fire Evacuations

  • If a fire occurs, pull a red fire pull alarm (located throughout the building)
  • Evacuate the building using the stairwells- walk calmly, no pushing or shoving!
  • If unable to take the stairs –go to area of rescue assistance at the bank of three elevators used for staff/students on each floor in the front region of the building
    • Have a Dental School Fire Warden accompany you
    • Another Fire Warden should be told that you and/or patients are in the area of rescue assistance
  • If you are unable to leave a patient under sedation, let a Fire Warden know and they will alert the Fire Marshal/Fire Department when they check in on the ground floor
  • All Dental School Fire Wardens must check in on the ground floor by the guard’s desk
    • If someone is still in the building, it must be noted on the sign in sheet at the guard’s desk
  • Once out of the building cross the street and stay away from the building until an “all clear” is announced.

Do not put yourself, your patient, or others at risk by trying to exit via a stairway

Additional Procedures for Hygiene Department at the Baltimore Campus

Fire drill procedures (student)

  1. Turn off main power switch to chair and cover instruments with patient bib.
  2. Evacuate patients (including their valuables) following Dental school protocol.
  3. Stay with your patient
  4. SODs will help obtain wheelchairs for non-ambulatory patients and coordinate with the fire warden and faculty.
  5. If you are on “block assignment” in the school, please make every attempt to make contact with a hygiene faculty member once outside of the building. This is particularly important if this is a true emergency.
  6. Once the building has been cleared for return, escort your patient back to the treatment area and resume your procedure.
  7. Document the fire drill and the amount of time away from the clinic in your progress notes.

Fire Drill procedures (faculty)

  1. Ensure all of your assigned students have properly evacuated themselves and their patients. Students on blocks will be under the supervision of the faculty of that department but should be accounted for.
  2. Advise fire warden of any (and #) students with non-ambulatory patients.
  3. Evacuate yourself.
  4. Once outside, check with other faculty members about need for additional assistance and begin documenting the hygiene students that have cleared the building.
  5. If this is a true emergency, we will need to provide a list of possible persons in the building and where they might be.