Introduction to Being a Floor Warden

Welcome! Thank you for coming today, and for your willingness to participate in our Floor Warden program. Thank you for coming today, and for your willingness to participate in our Floor Warden program. We rely on our Floor Wardens to help us in assuring the safety of all of our tenants and visitors, so your role is important – and we appreciate your help! We rely on our Floor Wardens to help us in assuring the safety of all of our tenants and visitors, so your role is important – and we appreciate your help!

New Floor Warden List Procedures To subscribe to the list for Floor Wardens for your building, you must send an to one of the following addresses: To subscribe to the list for Floor Wardens for your building, you must send an to one of the following addresses: Riffe: Rhodes:

New Floor Warden List Procedures Please send an to the address corresponding to the building you work in, stating your name, floor, agency, and contact number, as soon as possible. Please send an to the address corresponding to the building you work in, stating your name, floor, agency, and contact number, as soon as possible. We will add you to the list, and update all contact information for all Floor Wardens. We will add you to the list, and update all contact information for all Floor Wardens. The list is set up so that, if a time comes when you are no longer a Floor Warden, you can easily unsubscribe for yourself. The list is set up so that, if a time comes when you are no longer a Floor Warden, you can easily unsubscribe for yourself.

New Floor Warden List Procedures If you do not subscribe, you will not be on the floor warden list. If you do not subscribe, you will not be on the floor warden list. Please take a few minutes to participate in subscribing to this new list – it will make the process easier for everyone involved. Please take a few minutes to participate in subscribing to this new list – it will make the process easier for everyone involved.

New Floor Warden List Procedures If you have any further questions about the lists, please or or call Matthew Arnold at If you have any further questions about the lists, please or or call Matthew Arnold at

Building Evacuation Information & Procedures We will now move on to what happens in the case of a building evacuation. We will now move on to what happens in the case of a building evacuation.

Building facts On any given day, the Rhodes Tower holds around 3,300 tenants and anywhere from visitors. On any given day, the Rhodes Tower holds around 3,300 tenants and anywhere from visitors. There are two stairwells used for evacuations: There are two stairwells used for evacuations: –Stairwell A (Northwest), which exits on the ground floor out on Lynn Alley. –Stairwell B (East), which exits in the front of the building on Broad Street.

Causes for evacuation Bomb threats/suspicious packages. Bomb threats/suspicious packages. Anything triggering a heat sensor or smoke detector. Anything triggering a heat sensor or smoke detector. Notification: The floors concerned will be informed via the automatic alarm system over the loudspeaker. Notification: The floors concerned will be informed via the automatic alarm system over the loudspeaker.

Method of evacuation We use the 3-floor method: We use the 3-floor method: –First evacuate the concerned floor, then the floors immediately above and below the concerned floor. If there is a fire, as it spreads, the alarms will automatically spread, as well, to all floors involved. If there is a fire, as it spreads, the alarms will automatically spread, as well, to all floors involved. All stairwell doors will automatically unlock when the alarms are triggered. All stairwell doors will automatically unlock when the alarms are triggered. Security and the fire department will determine what floors should be evacuated. Security and the fire department will determine what floors should be evacuated. –Sometimes it is safer to shelter and stay where you are than to evacuate.

Floor Warden responsibilities Please don’t panic or run, and encourage others to stay calm. Please don’t panic or run, and encourage others to stay calm. Please put on the reflective vest that we have provided to you, so that you can be easily identified. Please put on the reflective vest that we have provided to you, so that you can be easily identified. Direct the People Needing Assistance (PNAs) from your floor to the freight elevators. Direct the People Needing Assistance (PNAs) from your floor to the freight elevators. Start closing doors to contain the fire or keep it from coming onto your floor. Start closing doors to contain the fire or keep it from coming onto your floor.

Floor Warden responsibilities Please do not call Control about the alarm, unless you have information to offer regarding the cause. Go along with what the automated system says, because until security is able to determine exactly what is going on, that is all they will be able to tell you. Please do not call Control about the alarm, unless you have information to offer regarding the cause. Go along with what the automated system says, because until security is able to determine exactly what is going on, that is all they will be able to tell you. Please treat each alarm as if it were genuine, unless specifically notified otherwise by security. Please treat each alarm as if it were genuine, unless specifically notified otherwise by security.

Floor Warden responsibilities Clear the floor of tenants, and try to be the last person off the floor. Clear the floor of tenants, and try to be the last person off the floor. Go down the stairwell with the last of the people from your floor. Please try to calm people and keep them moving along at an orderly pace. Stay to the right-hand side of the stairwell. Go down the stairwell with the last of the people from your floor. Please try to calm people and keep them moving along at an orderly pace. Stay to the right-hand side of the stairwell. Depending on the scope of the evacuation, there may be other people joining you in the stairwells. Depending on the scope of the evacuation, there may be other people joining you in the stairwells.

Floor Warden responsibilities Please ensure that the stairwell door is closed behind you. These doors are fire protected, and will help contain the fire. The burn time on each door is 1½-2 hours, depending on the heat. Please ensure that the stairwell door is closed behind you. These doors are fire protected, and will help contain the fire. The burn time on each door is 1½-2 hours, depending on the heat. When the alarms in the stairwells go off, pressurization fans start to run. These help keep the stairwells free of smoke, but make the stairwell doors hard to open. When the alarms in the stairwells go off, pressurization fans start to run. These help keep the stairwells free of smoke, but make the stairwell doors hard to open. Elevators should not be used unless given express permission by security. Elevators should not be used unless given express permission by security.

Floor Warden responsibilities Go immediately to your assigned evacuation location with the rest of your floor, and do not leave your location or return to the building until given the clear by the Evacuation Hotline, which is 752- EVAC (3822). Go immediately to your assigned evacuation location with the rest of your floor, and do not leave your location or return to the building until given the clear by the Evacuation Hotline, which is 752- EVAC (3822).

Security and O.S.P.’s roles Security will respond to the floors involved, and evaluate the situation. Security will respond to the floors involved, and evaluate the situation. Another officer will go up on the freight elevator with the PNA list to the highest floor involved, and start to bring people down to ground level. Another officer will go up on the freight elevator with the PNA list to the highest floor involved, and start to bring people down to ground level. O.S.P will assist in blocking off necessary street traffic, and helping people who are exiting out of the stairwells. O.S.P will assist in blocking off necessary street traffic, and helping people who are exiting out of the stairwells. As floors are cleared, security and O.S.P. will try to check each of them. As floors are cleared, security and O.S.P. will try to check each of them.

Questions I’ve received Should we take roll call/attendance in the event of an evacuation? Should we take roll call/attendance in the event of an evacuation? What if I’m not on my floor at the time an alarm sounds? What if I’m not on my floor at the time an alarm sounds? Are the freight elevators really the best way to get the PNAs out of the building? Are the freight elevators really the best way to get the PNAs out of the building? Why is our evacuation point 300 feet away? Why is our evacuation point 300 feet away?

Thank you for attending this meeting. Thank you for attending this meeting. Thank you also for your willingness to participate in our Floor Warden program. We know that it’s a responsibility, and we don’t want you to think it goes unnoticed – THANKS! Thank you also for your willingness to participate in our Floor Warden program. We know that it’s a responsibility, and we don’t want you to think it goes unnoticed – THANKS! THANK YOU!