[Tang-residents] Fire Alarm

[Michael Collins]

NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS


>>The City of Cambridge has changed the requirements for emergency drills 
>>for the entire city.     Effective immediately, all buildings on campus 
>>will be required to have an unannounced drill, coordinated and 
>>facilitated by the Cambridge Fire Department twice per year.     They 
>>will schedule the drills at random times of the day or night at their 
>>discretion.     The fire codes for the State of Massachusetts gives full 
>>authority  to local fire departments to make these changes in procedure.


>>The Fire Department will be present at all drills and will be monitoring 
>>the evacuation procedure in each building.    The Fire Department will 
>>also randomly  test residents during the evacuation by blocking a main 
>>egress to assess how the building occupants respond.      This test is to 
>>show what would happen if a fire blocked an egress route.



>>Massachusetts state law and the MIT Fire safety policy requires all 
>>residents to leave a building whenever the alarm sounds.   The fire 
>>department will be closely monitoring the evacuations to ensure everyone 
>>responds accordingly.   If residents blatantly ignore alarms,  Cambridge 
>>Fire will conduct repeat drills at 2AM.



>>    Thank you all for your continued attention to the MIT safety procedures.