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

2.  All student housing facilities are protected by automatic sprinklers.  Student housing facilities alarm systems were upgraded concurrent with sprinkler installation.

3.  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.

4.  Candles/Incense  Smoking  Space Heaters  Fireworks  Gasoline powered vehicles such as mopeds and scooters…

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

6.  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!

7.  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.

8.  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.

9.  When to use an extinguisher?  How do you use an extinguisher?  When to escape…

10.  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.

11.  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 videofire extinguisher video

13.  Gillette Hall fire May, 2013  Resulted from unattended burning candle  Sprinkler head activation on the 5 th floor  Water penetrated the entire building ◦ Initial clean-up bill…$65,000! ◦ Guess who paid the bill?

14.  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.

15.  Weather conditions are monitored 24 hours by Accuweather  Monitoring for lightning, thunderstorms, and tornados.  Additional information on the campus EP website ◦ Campus Emergency Preparedness website Campus Emergency Preparedness website

16.  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.

17.  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 siren test

18.  Campus specific…3 mile radius  Five campus sirens ◦ Branscomb Quad, Student Rec, Health Plus, Baker Building, and Kennedy Center  Steady tone Steady tone ◦ Seek shelter immediately in the nearest building! ◦ AlertVU message launched ◦ Tested 1 st Saturday of each month

19.  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…

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

21.  Questions