In the Event of a Small Fire

1. Don't panic - keep calm
   
   
2. Make sure everyone not essential to assisting you evacuates the building. Assist the handicapped!
   
   
3. Notify the fire department or campus police by:
   
   
   1. Activating fire alarm pull station, or
      
      
   2. calling campus police at 6911 or 568-6911 if not near to or cut off from pull station, or
      
      
   3. Contact the Harrisonburg Fire Department directly by dialing 434-9991 and following the subsequent instructions. Attempt to determine as accurately as possible the source of the alarm. When calling, give brief, detailed, and accurate information. Speak slowly and plainly. Give address, extent, and nature of fire. Wait if possible to answer any questions. If the fire is still small and manageable - fight it.
   
   
   
4. Keep near door so you can escape.
   
   
5. Stay low- out of heat and smoke.
   
   
6. If in laboratory, kitchen, shop, boiler, or mechanical room, turn off all gas, oxygen, or air jet valves; turn off valves on all oxygen and combustible gas (i.e. acetylene) tanks; shut down all electrical equipment, power tools, or appliances.
   
   
7. Aim appropriate extinguishing agent at base of fire (refer to section on proper use of extinguishers).
   
   
   1. Floor fires- sweep from edge in.
      
      
   2. Wall fires- sweep from bottom up.
   
   
   
8. Avoid being trapped, stay outside closets, dead end hallways, or other confined areas.
   
   
9. Ventilate only after the fire is out.