MARIETTA COLLEGE
POLICE
DEPARTMENT

Fire Safety

To escape a fire, you should:

Only use a fire extinguisher if the fire is very small and you have been trained to do so safely. If you cannot put out the fire, leave immediately and make sure the building alarm is activated and emergency personnel notifie

Fire Alarm Evacuation Procedures

Fire presents one of the greatest potential hazards members of the college community may face. Not only can lives be endangered, but also significant damage to residence halls can disrupt living arrangements for many students.

It is the policy that every alarm is treated as a valid alarm that may pose a major risk to life and property.

Below is the procedure that each person should follow when the fire alarm goes off in a building:
  1. Never assume it is a false alarm.
  2. The safe evacuation of the building is first priority.
  3. When an alarm sounds, all individuals in the building should meet at a pre- arranged place.
    1. On the way to the meeting place, quickly check the floors and note whether the pull stations have been pulled and/or whether there are signs of a fire.
  4. Call Marietta College Police and with signs of fire call 911.
    1. The purpose for calling Marietta College Police is to inform that the fire alarm has gone off in the building. In the event of a false alarm, Marietta College Police can notify the Fire Department to avoid having them respond.
    2. The alarm should not be turned off and no one should be let back into the building until the Fire Department has arrived and/or Marietta College Police has indicated that it is safe to do so, even if the fire has been extinguished prior to the Fire Department’s arrival.

REMEMBER ALL ALARMS SHOULD BE TREATED AS IF THEY ARE REAL! NEVER ASSUME THAT IT IS A DRILL OR FALSE ALARM.