1. Tenant Emergency Preparedness
Until Help Arrives, What Do You Do?
Tenant Emergency Preparedness

2. Agenda 1. Building Systems 2. Tenant Life Safety Teams√
3. Type of Emergencies
Today’s discussion includes the following
4. Taking Charge

3. Safety Features of the Building
Sprinklers System
Smoke Detectors
Public Address System
Speakers & Strobe Lights
Emergency Stairwells Phones
Fire extinguishers in common areas and tenant officers
Emergency Power System
Supplies power to:
Emergency lighting
Fire command panel
Selected elevators

4. Tenant Life Safety Teams
Stairwell
Monitor
Searcher
Alternates
Floor
Warden
Weather you call them Emergency Response Teams, Fire Safety Teams, Floor Wardens, or First Responders, it is the same concept. It is a group of volunteers that are willing to take charge of an emergency until help arrives to help themselves and their co-workers get out of harms way.
The size your organization will determent the size of your team. It is recommended that for each 20 employees your should have a team member assigned to help them. Also something to take into consideration is the size of your office space. Ideally it should take a searcher one minute or less to search a section of your floor, if it takes longer than one minute your should recruit more searchers.
Aids
Elevator
Monitor

5. Floor Wardens & Searchers
Floor Warden and Assistant Floor Wardens
Assign employees to teams on floors
Are responsible for evacuating their respective floor areas
Maintain up-to-date floor roster and reports to DUS management
Maintain headcount of people remaining on floor
Searchers
Conducts search of the entire floor including offices restrooms, conference rooms, kitchens, and storerooms
Closes each room that is searched, without locking it
Evacuates non-employees on the floor

6. Elevator & Stairwell Monitors
Elevator Monitor
Directs personnel to appropriate stairwell and away from elevators
Is familiar with evacuation plan and location of stairwells
Stairwell Monitor
Is designated at assigned stairwell door and inspects stairwell door for heat or smoke conditions
Directs people to proper safety floor
Encourages calmness and orderliness
Ensures people do not enter the stairwell with liquids or objects that may cause tripping hazards

7. Special Assistance - Aids
Persons Requiring Special Assistance
Keeps list of physically challenged employees
Assists in evacuating physically challenged employees using the “buddy system”
Use stairwell landing as area of refuge
Inform fire department and building management

8. Response Actions LIFE SAFETY SHELTER in PLACE EVACUATION RELOCATION
Having the ability to switch gears from your normal duties, from you daily routine and take charge of an emergency is critical, especially in a life threatening emergency. List here are four key responsibilities.
Be aware of your surroundings, understand the potential hazards that could occur.
Have a protocol to communicate with your employees, create an accountability program to ensure each employee is safety and accounted for.
Your plan should include who in your organization is in charge during an emergency – the boss is not always the right person.
Be prepared to move quickly – do not hesitate – timing is everything, especially in a life threatening emergency such as a fire.
SHELTER in
PLACE
EVACUATION
RELOCATION
LOCKDOWN

9. Type of Emergencies Airplane/Vehicle Collisions Bomb Threats
Chemical Spills
Civil Disturbances/Protest
Construction/Contractor Accidents
Crimes Against People/Property
Elevator Emergencies
Equipment Malfunctions
Evacuations/Shelter in Place
Fire/Smoke
Medical Emergencies
Natural Disasters
Power Outage/Blips
Suicides
Suspicious People/Materials
Terrorist Attacks/Threats
Water Damage
Workplace Violence/Threats

10. Taking Charge Activate your plan Make a decision Know your exit routes
Account for your employees
Control panic
Perhaps the most difficult thing to control is how people will react to an emergency. Take a look at this short video clip.

11. CALM C - Call 911 A - Alert Building Management 312-726-4260
L - Listen for instructions
M - Move to a safe area
**Remember…stay CALM**

12. Thank You for Attending! Commercial Real Estate Services
Thank You for Attending!
Carlos Villarreal, CST
Senior Vice President
Commercial Real Estate Services
SecurAmerica, LLC.