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Master Fire Safety Plan

Introductory Information

  1. Preface & Purpose of the Plan
  2. Goals & Priorities of the Plan
  3. Overview of the Comprehensive Safety & Health at James Madison University

Duties & Responsibilities

  1. Introduction to Duties & Responsibilities
  2. Duties & Responsibilities - Director, Safety Engineer, and Building Coordinators
  3. JMU Building Coordinators
  4. Building Coordinators
    1. Building Coordinators - Template for Administrative and Academic Facilities - pdf form
    2. Building Coordinators - Template for Residential Facilities - pdf form
  5. Addendum to Duties & Responsibilities

General Emergencies

  1. What is an Emergency?
  2. Definition of an EMERGENCY RELEVANT TO UNIVERSITY OPERATIONS - Responsibilities
  3. Special Emergency Equipment
  4. Elevator Emergencies
  5. Elevator Shutdowns
  6. Emergency Telephone Locations
  7. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
  8. Sample Telephone Service Interruption Message

General Safety Provisions

  1. Workplace Safety Health Guidelines Survey Points
  2. Equipment Operations
  3. Environmental Controls
  4. OSHA Color Code Guide
  5. Radiation Safety Advory Committee
  6. Tents & Canopies
  7. Overview of Comprehensive Safety & Health at James Madison University
  8. Emergency Telephone Locations
  9. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
  10. Public Assembly Safety Guidelines

Fire Related Information

  1. Understanding What Fire Is
  2. Fire Exit Drills
  3. Fire in Your Area
    1. Types and How to React
    2. In the Event of a Small Fire
    3. Escape Plans
    4. Extinguishers
    5. Fire Hoses
    6. To Rescue
    7. Evacuation of the Handicapped
    8. Large and/or Unmanageable Fire
    9. First Aid to Victims
  4. Health Center Fire Policy
  5. Early Detection & Warning Devices
  6. Fire Alarm Monitoring Guidelines
  7. Fire Doors
  8. Fire Suppression Systems
  9. Fire Suppression & Alarms
  10. Fire Hydrant Locations
  11. Fire Extinguishers and Fire Hoses
  12. Mulch Fire Tabulation - pdf form

Bomb Threats

  1. Receiver of Call - What to Do
  2. Bomb Threat Check List - pdf form
  3. Bomb Threat Evacuation Procedures
  4. Bomb Threat Search Procedures
  5. What to Do if Suspicious Object Found
  6. Emergency Telephone Locations
  7. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
  8. Bomb Threat at the Parking Garage

Violent or Extreme Weather

  1. Violent Weather Introduction
  2. Electrical Storms
  3. Tornadoes
  4. Hurricanes
  5. Hurricane: How to Prepare
  6. Flooding
  7. Newman Lake Flooding
  8. Severe Winter Storm
  9. Snow & Ice Removal
  10. Storm Water Management
  11. JMU's Lightning Early Warning Alert

Health & Welfare

  1. Survivial Guide
    1. Survivial Guide Introduction
    2. A Call for Help
    3. Bleeding
      1. Bleeding - General
      2. Head Injuries
      3. Internal Bleeding
    4. Breathing
      1. Breathing - General
      2. Rescue Breathing
      3. Choking
      4. Drowning
    5. Unconsciousness
    6. Electrical Shock
    7. Seizures
    8. Heart Attacks
    9. Poisoning & Drug Overdose
      1. Poisoning
      2. Drug Overdose
    10. Alcohol Poisoning
    11. Broken Bones
    12. Burns
  2. Injury and/or Illness
  3. First Aid
  4. Alcohol Poisoning
  5. Mental Health Crisis
  6. Precautions Subsequent to Rape
  7. Missing Student

Americans with Disabilities - Provisions for Evacuation and Protection

United States Fire Administration

  1. Campus & Student Fire Safety
  2. Campus & Student Fire Safety - pdf form

Contingency Plan for Police Communications Center Operations Under Exigent Circumstances

JMU Division of Administration and Finance James Madison University Website