Fire Safety Plan

Personnel Designations and Responsibilities

A.  Fire/Life/Safety Director

The Fire/Life/Safety Director will be responsible for supervising and monitoring the fire safety program for Cumberland Office Park and will:

1. Be totally familiar with this Fire Safety Plan.

2. Organize training in the Fire Safety Plan for:

A. Fire Wardens and their team members.

B. Engineering Personnel.

C. Security and maintenance personnel.

3. Organize instruction in the Fire Safety Plan and in fire prevention for all tenants.

4. Maintain an up-to-date list of Fire Wardens.

5. Conduct fire drills and evaluate the effectiveness of the Fire Safety Plan.

6. Supervise a sound fire prevention program.

A. Conduct regular inspections of all storage rooms, closets, mechanical rooms and office areas to keep them clear of any potential fire hazards.

B. Conduct regular inspections of fire and life safety equipment.

C. Conduct regular inspections of fire exits to make sure they are passable.

 7. Maintain current tenant list for use in emergency.

A. Alphabetical

B. By floor and suite number

C. Tenant contact (home phone number) and alternate contact.

8.    In the event of a fire, the Fire/Life/Safety Director will report to the Fire Department officer in charge.

B.  Building Engineer and Staff

1. Maintain up-to-date set of floor plans.

2. Maintain up-to-date set of plans and/ or diagrams of building mechanical systems.

3. Maintain and regularly test building alarm systems.

C.  Fire Wardens

The tenants will assign the Floor Wardens who will consist of the following: One Floor Warden and two Assistant Floor Wardens per tenant or per floor if a single tenant floor.  Each Floor Warden and Assistant Floor Warden is responsible for the following:

1. To be completely familiar with the floor arrangement, the number of floor occupants, and the location of the floor exits.

2. To divide the floor population into groups and formulate the traffic pattern to use for emergency stair exits.

3. To inspect the entire floor daily and determine that all fire doors to stairs are closed and that no doors are obstructed or inoperable.

4. To maintain an up-to-date listing of all personnel who cannot use stairs unaided. Make arrangements to have these occupants assisted when evacuation is directed.

5. To take necessary action to prevent panic.

6. To assure that all persons on the floor are notified of fire and all are evacuated to safe areas. If possible, a search should be conducted in all lavatories, core offices, conference rooms, etc.

7. To assign each person in their floor group to a specific stairwell.

8. Know location of and how to use firefighting equipment on his/her floor.

9. Know the Assistant Wardens and notify those people when you are away from the building.

10. Be responsible for fire prevention on his/her floor.

Periodically check fire extinguisher for current servicing tag.

Check area daily for fire hazards.

Check all exits daily to ensure that they are free of obstructions.

11. Attend training sessions conducted by the Life Safety Director.

D.    Building Occupants

         1. Each person working in the complex should become familiar with all provisions of these emergency procedures and evacuation routes.

          2. Anytime a fire is discovered, regardless of the size of the fire, the local Fire Department must be notified (911).

If any part of this Fire Safety Plan is not clear, please call the Fire/Life/Safety Director at (770) 434-0571.

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