{"id":6067,"date":"2023-09-25T09:58:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/?p=6067"},"modified":"2023-09-25T09:58:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:58:15","slug":"fire-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/2023\/09\/25\/fire-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FIRE SAFETY at ITP\/IMA, 370 Jay, 4th floor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First and foremost \u2013 your health and safety is of paramount importance \u2013 if you hear an alarm sounding and\/or strobe lights blinking please evacuate!&nbsp; If you can, close doors behind you as you go, and help anyone nearby who might need it.&nbsp; There may be an announcement over the loudspeaker offering instructions, but if you don\u2019t hear anything, or if in doubt, play it safe and get out \u2013 don\u2019t wait.&nbsp; &nbsp; Take the stairs, not the elevators! &nbsp; Pull the alarm handle in the fire stairwell on the 4th floor so first responders know where the problem is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Time Permits Get to Know the Exits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a walk around the floor in a quiet moment and get to know all of the stairwells so you have a clear idea of where all the exit doors can be found.&nbsp; There are several in the main elevator lobby \u2013 there are also several exits in the long external corridor that leads toward the kitchen area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is NYU\u2019s Fire Safety site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/life\/safety-health-wellness\/campus-safety\/emergency-preparedness\/fire-safety0.html\">https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/life\/safety-health-wellness\/campus-safety\/emergency-preparedness\/fire-safety0.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this is an easy way to remember what steps to take:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R &#8211; Rescue &#8211; Rescue people in immediate danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8211; Alert &#8211; Pull the fire alarm and call 911 from a safe location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C &#8211; Contain &#8211; Close all doors and windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E &#8211; Evacuate\/Extinguish &#8211; Evacuate building and extinguish small fires, if it is safe to do s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Word on the Shop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you all know, there are materials in the Shop that can present a fire hazard \u2013 for instance cardboard can catch fire in a laser cutter \u2013 there are fire extinguishers and fire blankets in the shop which can be used to put out a small fire.&nbsp; Notify a shop staff member for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TRY AND PUT OUT A FIRE!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your responsibility is to sound an alarm and stay safe.&nbsp; If you have experience with a fire extinguisher and feel confident using one and can do so safely go for it.&nbsp; Otherise, sound the alarm and leave it to the professionals and get away.&nbsp; Do not put yourself at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRE SAFETY at ITP\/IMA, 370 Jay, 4th floor: First and foremost \u2013 your health and safety is of paramount importance \u2013 if you hear an alarm sounding and\/or strobe lights blinking please evacuate!&nbsp; If you can, close doors behind you as you go, and help anyone nearby who might need it.&nbsp; There may be an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}