Emergency Procedures

In case of fire:

Evacuate

• Take your emergency supplies, car keys, purse, and/or wallet and other personal items, if safe to do so
• Do not attempt to save possessions at the risk of personal injury
• While exiting, pull the fire alarm and note other hazards and any remaining personnel
• Proceed to safest exit/stairwell. DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR.
• If you are the last to leave, close doors behind you to confine the fire, but do not lock them
• If an area is smoky, stay low to the ground. Crawl if necessary.
• Assume smoke and/or fumes are hazardous
• Use a wet cloth, if possible, to cover your nose and mouth
• Use the back of your hand to feel the upper, lower, and middle parts of closed doors
• If the door is hot or smoke is visible, do not open the door. Look for another way out.
• If the door is cool, brace yourself against it and open slowly
• If you see fire, confine it by closing doors and windows, if safe to do so
• Never go back into a burning building
• If you see a fire or are trapped in a building/office Call 9-911 from SMCCCD phones (911 from non-campus phones), and provide the following information:
  • Your name
  • Telephone number
  • Location of the fire (building, floor, room number, etc.)
  • Severity of fire
  • Whether people or equipment are threatened or in imminent danger 

• Wedge cloth material along the bottom of the door to keep smoke out
• Close as many doors as possible between you and the fire

Note: Do not hang up until the dispatcher advises you to do so 

Additional information

• If your clothes or those of another are on fire, STOP, DROP, AND ROLL
• Use extinguishers on small fires (smaller than a trash can) only if it is safe to do so. Remember “PASS”: