[Tang-residents] NEW FIRE DRILL POLICY

[Michael Collins]

TO ALL RESIDENTS
UNLIKE THE PAST, FIRE DRILL WERE ONCE POSTED.
NEW POLICY IS LISTED BELOW!

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


Michael Collins
Manager
Tang Residence Hall
Westgate Apartments
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Housing Department
W84-104   617-253-5146
collinsm at mit.edu