/Institutions/Baptist-University-of-Florida/json/2025-2026/Student-Handbook-local.json

/Institutions/Baptist-University-of-Florida/json/2025-2026/Student-Handbook.json

Fire Emergency Response Protocol

REPORTING A FIRE:

1. Pull the nearest fire alarm box in the corridor.
2. DO NOT attempt to fight the fire. Use extinguishers for personal safety.
3. Exit through the nearest door to the outside building to the nearest assembly area.
4. Notify Campus Safety (850) 415-0800 staff that you pulled the alarm and the location.

RESPONSE TO A FIRE ALARM WHEN YOU ARE IN THE AREA OF THE FIRE:

1. Evacuate all people from the area and to the safe assembly area.
2. Assist the handicapped in exiting the building where possible. Move handicapped personnel to a stairwell and close all doors as you move to the first floor. This will keep the fire out of the stairwell.
3. Last person leaving the area should close the door to the corridor.
4. DO NOT use elevators.
5. Leave the building by the closest exit.
6. Move to an external assembly area away from the building.
7. DO NOT RETURN TO AN EVACUATED BUILDING unless told to do so by a university official.

RESPONSE TO A FIRE ALARM WHEN FIRE IS LOCATED IN ANOTHER AREA OF THE UNIVERSITY:

1. Leave the building by the closest exit. DO NOT use elevators.
2. Assist the handicapped in exiting the building where possible. Move handicapped personnel to a stairwell and close all doors as you move to the first floor. This will keep the fire out of the stairwell.
3. Move to an assembly area.
4. DO NOT RETURN TO AN EVACUATED BUILDING unless told to do so by a university official.