Resources & Services: Safety
Floor Warden Information
When the alarm sounds, the Campus Emergency Evacuation Plan calls for wardens to immediately begin evacuation while assessing the situation, determining if the cause of the alarm is in the warden's area. The warden will determine whether there is a need to arrange aid for people who need assistance and people with injuries. The floor warden will gently but firmly direct people to leave the building by the pre-arranged exit and to proceed to the designated Emergency Evacuation Control area.
During an emergency evacuation, no one will use an elevator except under the direction of a fire fighter. If for some reason the pre-arranged exit cannot be used, the floor warden directs the occupants to a safe, alternate exit, or place of refuge. The floor warden will report the location of persons needing assistance to the building warden, who will then relay the information to responding emergency aid workers.
As people vacate the area, the warden checks each room to ensure that no one has been left behind. Particular attention should be paid to washrooms or other locations where people might not have heard the alarm. Special pre-arranged procedures may be needed for building occupants who, because of a disability or some other reason, need help to exit safely from the building.
Locked rooms pose a particular problem. The warden is unlikely to have keys on hand at the time of an alarm. Even with the keys, checking each locked room would unwisely delay the evacuation. The warden should knock loudly on locked doors to alert an occupant to the situation, and note locked rooms on their clipboard.
The floor warden normally follows the last occupant from the area out of the building, closing doors en route. Once the warden is outside of the building, the second phase of the plan begins. One warden normally remains outside the exit to keep people from re- entering the building until the emergency is over and the building is deemed safe by proper authorities. It is often necessary to insist that people move the minimum 50 meters from the building to make sure that an explosion or falling objects do not injure by-standers. It is also important to keep entrances clear so fire fighters, ambulance attendants and other emergency personnel can easily carry out their duties.
Once the building is evacuated, wardens will secure exits in a way that does not compromise their own safety. While one warden secures an exit, other wardens will report to the building warden. Taking up a position at a predetermined area, the building warden will gather information from the floor wardens. The building warden will then brief the arriving emergency response agencies on the nature of the emergency and the evacuation status of the building.
CAUP Floor Wardens
Gould Hall
- 4th Floor—Jan Brooks (206/685-4056), Sue Letsinger (206/616-9379)
- 3rd Floor—Kathy Gilbert (206/543-4067)
- 2nd Floor—Peter Rackers (206/616-2486), Rachel Ward (206/616-2440)
- 1st Floor— Peter Rackers (206/616-2486), Rachel Ward (206/616-2440)
- Basement—TBD
Architecture Hall
- —TBD
Community Design Building
- —TB