1. Emergency Procedure for the Evacuation Teams at McGill University
Fire Prevention Office
Facilities Management, McGill University
(514)

2. 1 – Pull the manual fire alarm station
In case of fire
 1 – Pull the manual fire alarm station
 2 – Leave the building using stairways
 3 – Do not use the elevators
 4 – Once outside, move away from the building at a distance of 100 m
 5 – Call the Montreal City Fire Dept. at 9-1-1
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3. Objective:
1. Insure the safety of people when an emergency evacuation is necessary.
2. Inform the evacuation team on their duties during emergencies .
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4. Procedure:
The following are descriptions of the duties of each type of emergency monitor. As a rough guide, each exit leading from a floor area should be provided with an exit monitor and each monitor should have 2 searchers working with him or her.
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5. Evacuation of Buildings
How does one do it?
Communicate the urgency to people.
Direct people towards the nearest safe exit.
Direct people to a specific meeting place outside and away from the building.
Provide information requested by Security or the Fire Department about the incident and give details about people needing assistance in the building.
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6. 1. Communicate the urgency
Use the nearest manual pull
station to signal an emergency.
When the alarm is sounding
Direct people to move towards the emergency exit quickly.
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7. 2. The nearest safe exit? Review the posted evacuation plans
Physically locate your fire exits
Make sure they can be accessed
(locked door, furniture or other obstruction)
At the time of an emergency, is the exit safe for evacuation?
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8. 3. Leaving the building
Send everyone immediately to a location away from the building, to a predetermined meeting site, so that you may…
keep people safe
prevent the crowd from obstructing Firemen and Security operations
prevent the crowd from returning to the building before authorized
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9. 4. Assisting authorities
Provide information about :
location or cause of the event
injured people, if any
people requiring assistance on the floors
people refusing to evacuate
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10. Building Emergency Warden Floor Searchers / Sweepers
Evacuation teams
Building Emergency Warden
Proceed to a designated area clear of the Bldg and receive updates from monitors and provide this information to public emergency response personnel.
Give the “all clear’’ to the evacuees once approved by the Fire Chief
Floor Searchers / Sweepers
Perform a tour of your floor to verify whether people are evacuating. Instruct individuals to leave via the nearest exit.
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11. Evacuation teams Exit Monitors
Proceed to your assigned exit and verify it is usable.
Direct people toward this exit in a calm and orderly fashion.
Await the signal (all clear) from your Floor Searchers
Provide aid to those so requiring, ex. with disabilities
Leave via the designated evacuation route
Report to the Bldg Emergency Warden
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12. Building Exit Monitors
Evacuation teams
Building Exit Monitors
Advise evacuees to move clear of the building.
They direct all students trying to enter the building, to the meeting site
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13. Procedure for people with disabilities
Evacuation teams
Procedure for people with disabilities
A monitor shall stay with theses people, close to the emergency exit
Exit monitor will advise the Bldg Emergency Warden, which will in turn advise the Fire Chief
Firemen will evacuate these people if there is a need to do so.
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14. For all emergencies,Call 911
When you have evacuated to a safe location, please make the call.
Do not attempt to interrupt the alarms on your panel. You should not touch this equipment.
The fire alarm system is connected to a central monitoring station, who will automatically call the Fire Department.

15. Identification of evacuation team members
We ask that the evacuation team members be identified by something they wear, for Security and the Fire Department.
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16. Your Fire Prevention Office
James Ferrier Building
840 Dr Penfield, suite 408
Montréal, QC H3A 1A4
Tel: (514)
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