Fire and Life Safety Presentation August 20 th, 2014 Presented By: Johnny Vanderpool VUPD Campus Emergency Preparedness Manager.

Greek LifeFire and Life Safety Presentation

August 20th, 2014

Presented By:Johnny VanderpoolVUPD Campus Emergency Preparedness Manager

All student housing facilities are protected by automatic sprinklers.

Student housing facilities alarm systems were upgraded concurrent with sprinkler installation.

Residential Fire Safety

Review Emergency Response Guides for your residence.

An excellent resource…the Student Handbook Fire Safety Guidelines.

They contain evacuation procedures and assembly locations for your area.

Be Proactive

Candles/Incense Smoking Space Heaters Fireworks Gasoline powered vehicles such as mopeds

and scooters…

Prohibited Items

Halogen lamps Open element appliances Hot plates Lights on a tree or plant Lighted Displays

Prohibited Items cont.

Smoke detectors and Sprinklers are designed to save lives!

◦ PLEASE…do NOT cover them up.◦ Use them for drying clothes.◦ Use them for hanging holiday decorations

◦ Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!

Smoke Detectors & Sprinklers

Vanderbilt has incurred fifteen reportable residential fires since 2009.

50% of those fires were cooking related.

Five reportable fires in 2013…three of those fires were started by a candle.

Residential Fires

Get out ALIVE…

◦ Treat every alarm as the real thing.◦ Grab your keys and your phone.◦ Check the door for heat before opening.◦ Evacuate to your rally point.

Fire Alarms

When to use an extinguisher?

How do you use an extinguisher?

When to escape…

Fire Extinguisher Training

Cooking is the number 1 cause of fire injuries on college campuses!

◦ Never leave food cooking unattended.◦ Keep all flammables a safe distance from cooking

appliances.◦ Clean up grease spills before using the stove.

Fire Safety Tips

Anyone can use a fire extinguisher◦ Remember the PASS acronym

Pull the pin Aim the hose Squeeze the trigger Sweep at the base of the fire

Let’s watch a short fire extinguisher video

Fire Extinguisher Training

Cooking Gone BAD!

Gillette Hall fire May, 2013

Resulted from unattended burning candle

Sprinkler head activation on the 5th floor

Water penetrated the entire building◦ Initial clean-up bill…$65,000! ◦ Guess who paid the bill?

Gillette Hall Fire

Vanderbilt’s emergency notification system

Used to notify you about potentially life-threatening situations.

Sends emergency messages to phones, text messaging devices, and email.

Students can update their emergency contact information through the YES system.

Campus Emergencies-AlertVU

Weather conditions are monitored 24 hours by Accuweather

Monitoring for lightning, thunderstorms, and tornados.

Additional information on the campus EP website◦ Campus Emergency Preparedness web

site

Severe Weather Safety

Potentially the most dangerous weather incident in the Southeastern US.

Tornado Watch and Warnings issued by the National Weather Service.

Accuweather monitors a 3 radius of the main campus for tornados.

Tornados

Knowing the difference…

Nashville/Davidson County tornado warning is disseminated across the entire county

96 outside sirens Nearby in city parks Wail tone…like the “old air-raid” siren Nashville Tornado siren test

Nashville Tornado Warning

Campus specific…3 mile radius Five campus sirens

◦ Branscomb Quad, Student Rec, Health Plus, Baker Building, and Kennedy Center

Steady tone◦ Seek shelter immediately in the nearest

building!◦ AlertVU message launched◦ Tested 1st Saturday of each month

Vanderbilt Tornado Warning

When you hear the Vanderbilt sirens or received an AlertVU tornado message…

◦ Seek Shelter in the nearest building Move the most interior portion of the building away

from lobbies, windows, and doors.◦ Seek additional weather information from TV,

radio, or the internet.◦ Cell phone networks are very vulnerable during

weather emergencies…

Shelter During a Tornado

Johnny W. Vanderpool, Jr. CEM, CHMM◦ Emergency Manager◦ Vanderbilt Police Department◦ Emergency Preparedness Unit◦ Cell phone: (615) 566-1119

Contact Information

Questions

Thank You