SAFETY AND

SECURITY

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS:LIFE SAFETY

IF YOU SEE FIRE OR SMOKE IN THE

FACILITY

TELL STAFF MEMBER TO CALL CODE REDRemember “RACE” R=RescueA=AlarmC=Contain E=Extinguish or E=Evacuate

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

FIRE ALARM

• “Code Red please report to the Business Office”

• Close all doors

• Clear the corridors

• Await further instruction

• Evacuate only if told to do so by the Director of Clinical Operations or designee

COMMAND POST

• The Command Post is located in the Business Office

• The alternate Command Post is the Lounge

• The Director of Clinical Operations or designee will report to the Command Post

EVACUATIONIf evacuation of patients is necessary:

• Discharged to home if possible

• Transferred to the treating Urologist’s hospital, University Hospital or SBMC

• All staff, physicians, patients, visitors, etc. will exit through:

• Front door

• Double doors

• Rear door of the facility

FIRE/FIRE DRILL IS OVER

• The fire alarm stops sounding• The strobe lights stop flashing• “Code Red all clear. All Staff,

patients and visitors may move freely throughout the facility.”

DISASTER

• “Code Triage please report to the Business Office.”

• Await further instructions• Disaster is over when you hear “Code Triage all clear. All staff,

patients and visitors may move freely throughout the Facility.”

EMERGENCY

• External and Internal Panic buttons– The External Button notifies UMDNJ

Public Safety of an emergency at the Center. These are located:

• Under counter in Business Office

• Recovery Room next to Soiled Utility entrance

• ESWL Suites

– The Internal Panic Button notifies the Staff of an emergency within the Center. It is located:

• Under the Business Office counter

FYI• UMDNJ Public Safety responds to fires, emergencies at

The Stone Center

• The Newark Fire Department responds to any fires at The Stone Center

• When the external panic button is pushed, a UMDNJ Police Office will respond to The Stone Center

• At the entrance doors there is a camera to monitor who comes in to The Center. All are “buzzed” into The Stone Center

• The Stone Center has its own Security System

• There are fire alarm pull boxes by the front door, double doors and rear door in The Stone Center