311 South Wacker
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Chicago
, IL 60606
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Evacuation
Evacuation and Stairwell Safety
- Move quickly - but do not run.
- Move quietly - and listen.
- Remove high heels to prevent injuries.
- Use both handrails.
- Evacuees should use the full width of the stairwell, but should move to their right side handrail if they meet firemen or other emergency workers ascending via the firemen's right side of stairs.
- Allow room for others to enter into an orderly flow.
- Only if necessary, treat any injuries at the nearest floor landing, but if serious, do not move the person.
In a high-rise building, occupants normally are not evacuated completely out of the building unless necessary. Occupants are relocated at least eight floors below the problem via the emergency stairwells. Never use an elevator in an emergency situation.
1. First, there will be a very loud siren activated on the effected floors.
2. The siren will stop and the public address system will tell you what floor you need to proceed to. Example (" Floor 35, Proceed to the closest stairwell and DOWN to floor 27, NOW)!
3. There are two emergency stairwells on each floor located on the northeast and southeast sides of the floor.
4. The emergency team member (searcher) will proceed through the suite, checking each office, pulling the doors closed (not locked) and placing a "Post-it" note on the lower end of the door.
5. The emergency team member (elevator monitor) will proceed to the main passenger elevator lobby and make sure no one attempts to exit using the elevators. Elevator monitors are to direct people to the closest emergency stairwell.
6. The emergency team member (door monitor) will proceed to the emergency stairwell, check the stairwell for smoke or hazardous conditions, and direct each person down to the floor they should come out on to wait for further instruction. The door monitor should also direct evacuees to enter the stairwells "hands free".
7. Emergency team monitors should remain at their designated positions until the searcher leaves the suite and give the all-clear signal. Then all emergency team members are to evacuate.
8. The Office of the Building, Police or Fire Department will give re-entry authorization.
9. Remember, the Office of the Building, engineering and security staff have many positions and procedures they need to follow to assist the Fire Department or Police with the problem as quickly as possible. So, it is essential that the emergency team train all co-workers in these evacuation / relocation procedures so that everyone can help themselves
Full Building Evacuation:
1. The Chicago Fire Department will make the determination on whether the full building should be evacuated to street level.2. As with any evacuation, please listen carefully to the directives given by the Chicago Fire Department over the public address system.
