SAFETYAND

SECURITY

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS:LIFE SAFETY

IF YOU SEE FIRE OR SMOKE IN THEFACILITY TELL STAFF MEMBER TO CALL CODE RED

Remember “RACE” R=RescueA=AlarmC=ContainE=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