Area Safety Liaison Refresher Training

1. Environmental Health & Safety presents FY 2011 Area Safety Liaison Refresher Training Michael E. Davis, MS, CSP, ARMSafety Manager, Fire & Life Safety Program Environmental Health & Safety

2. Know your role as an ASL volunteer Understand emergency procedures & the emergency evacuation program Provide awareness of emergency communications avenues Review injury reporting procedures & data Environmental management system review Objectives

3. Facilitate evacuation during an emergency • Assist with emergency evacuations and drills • Help account for evacuated personnel • Manage emergency evacuation assistance for individuals in your area • Report identified safety hazards to Facilities and EHS • Report security concerns to UTPD ASL Primary duties:

4. Fire alarm will sound automatically if: • Smoke detector senses smoke • Heat activates a sprinkler • Pull station activated • Call 911 in the event of an emergency • Call UTPD for security concerns and non-emergency situations • UTPD Dispatch: (713) 792-2890 • MSB Guard desk: x500-5895 • UCT Guard desk: x500-3646 • SRB Guard desk: x500-2492 Notification of an emergency:

5. When the building goes into alarm: • Alarm will sound and strobes will flash, accompanied by a standard recorded message • Facilities, UTPD, the Houston Fire Department, and EHS are notified & will respond as quickly as possible • The alarm will continue to sound while the alarm is investigated • If there is a need to evacuate: • Assist with evacuation & account for your area personnel • Assemble 75 feet from the building in departmental designated safe location Fire Alarm Events

6. Grab your ASL bag • Direct area personnel • In a high rise: Go to the nearest exit stairwell and await further instruction. • In a low rise: Go to your group’s emergency evacuation point outside the building • Close all area doors • Follow instructions from fire alarm system • Rejoin your group & help account for personnel What should you do if your floor’s alarm sounds? If you see smoke, fire, or feel threatened EVACUATE

7. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • If the fire alarm is triggered by an event, the alarm will sound on the: • floor immediately above the event • affected floor • floor immediately below the event • Why? • Fire separation exists between floors and avoid simultaneous evacuation of all floors into stairwells High Rise Fire Alarm programming

8. Emergency Evacuation Assistance Program • Application form on EHS ASL website • ASL’s role • Identify occupants needing assistance • Ensure fire department is notified of individual’s location for assistance during evacuation • During an evacuation, these people should: • Enter the exit stairwell and close the door • Wait for firefighters • Stairwells provide 2 hours of fire protection • Firemen will immediately seek out people who requested assistance as listed in fire depository box or as notified • Firemen will escort them to safety via elevator or with Evacutrac chair What about people who can’t evacuate?

9. Can you identify the hazard in the pictures below? Identifying Safety Hazards

10. Can you identify the hazard in the pictures below? Identifying Safety Hazards

11. Hazards you may find in your area: • Wet floors • Electrical cords across walkways • Blocked exit doors • Hallways congested with equipment • Stairwell doors that don’t close and latch • If you spot an unsafe situation, contact Facilities (500-3498) or EH&S (500-8100) for resolution Identifying Safety Hazards

12. www.tdi.state.tx.us/fire/fmexit.html • At home, work, and play, know 2 ways to safety • Especially at large gatherings • The way you came in may not be the best way out • Have an escape plan • Practice it • Revise it periodically Have an exit strategy

13. AED Locations • AED Locations are now listed online through the EH&S Webpage at: • www.uth.tmc.edu/safety/firesafety/aedlocations.htm • Click on a building name for a list of AED locations in that building • Click on the location listed to view a floor plan with the AED location highlighted

14. AED/CPR Training • AED training is available free to Employees through Employee Health Services • To sign up to attend AED/CPR training class, contact Cindy Crosson at • 713-500-3254 or • Cindy.A.Crosson@uth.tmc.edu • Classes are held approximately twice each month  and are usually scheduled for Tuesday or Thursday mornings • Details on how to sign up are included on the ASL webpage

15. ASL website - http://www.uth.tmc.edu/safety/asl.htm • EHS website - http://www.uth.tmc.edu/safety/index.html • Useful Phone Numbers: • Facilities, Planning & Engineering – (713) 500-3498 • EHS Department - (713) 500-8100 • UTPD Dispatch - (713) 792-2890 • Emergencies - 911 Additional Helpful Information