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If You Discover a Fire ...
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Summary: Learn what to do if you discover a fire.
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LARGE FIRE |
- Activate the fire alarm and call for help.
- Campus phone or pay phone: call 911
- Off-campus or cell phone: dial (858) 534-4357
- UCSD Medical Center: call Security at 6111
- Alert people in the area to begin evacuation. Assist those with disabilities.
- Close doors to confine the fire.
- Move to your designated assembly area away and upwind from the building.
- Have people who know about the nature and location of the fire assist emergency personnel when they arrive.
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Small fire (trash can size) |
- Activate the fire alarm and call for help.
- Campus phone or pay phone: dial 911
- Off-campus or cell phone: dial (858) 534-4357
- UCSD Medical Center: call Security at 6111
- Alert people in the area to begin evacuation. Assist those with disabilities.
- If you know how to use a fire extinguisher and have a clear exit path behind you, bring the extinguisher within 6 feet of the fire.
- Use the P-A-S-S procedure to operate the extinguisher:
 | Pull the pin in the extinguisher's handle.
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 | Aim the nozzle at the base of the fire.
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 | Squeeze (or press) the handles together.
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 | Sweep from side to side at the base of the fire until it is out. |
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After the fire |
After the fire has been completely extinguished:
- Report used extinguishers immediately.
- Campus:
Facilities Management Service Referral Desk, (858) 534-2930
- UCSD Medical Center-Hillcrest:
Facilities Engineering Help Desk, (619) 543-6454
- UCSD Medical Center-Thornton:
Facilities Engineering Help Desk, (858) 657-6400
- If injuries or damage occurred, notify the Risk Management Office, (858) 534-3820.
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Questions about fire safety at UC San Diego? Contact EH&S Fire & Life Safety, (858) 822-7515. |
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Notice: In case of fire, your first responsibility is to escape unharmed and sound the alarm. Use a fire extinguisher only if you have been trained to use one and you have a clear exit path behind you.
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