Emergencies

Fire Evacuation Plan (opens in new window)

Philadelphia fire response regulations require that building occupants assist in clearing floors during an evacuation. Floor Wardens are responsible for these duties:

FLOOR WARDENS

The Floor Warden shall direct, enforce and have full charge of the evacuation of all personnel assigned to his/her floor during any emergency.

Two Floor Wardens will be established for each floor. One should be assigned near the East stair towers and one assigned near the West stair towers. If you are a company having few employees, you may wish to provide names of volunteers for one or possibly both positions on your floor. Of course, companies occupying an entire floor will need to fill both positions for that floor.

TWO LIBERTY PLACE PRE-RECORDED EVACUATION VOICE MESSAGES AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY VOICE MESSAGES

Upon receipt of an alarm signal from a fire alarm indicating device (water/sprinkler flow, pull stations, smoke detector, etc.), the fire alarm system will automatically activate the Voice Alarm System. The following messages will be automatically transmitted throughout the building.

EVACUATION TONE AND MESSAGES:

• A slow “whoop” evacuation tone followed by one of the following messages.
• Messages will be reported in three (3) rounds of three, with one minute intervals of alarm sound - “slow whoop”.

ALARM MESSAGE (TO FLOOR OF ALARM, FLOOR ABOVE AND FLOOR BELOW):

“ATTENTION, ATTENTION. AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS BUILDING. WHILE THIS REPORT IS BEING VERIFIED, PLEASE PROCEED INTO THE NEAREST FIRE EXIT STAIRWAY, AND AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. REMAIN IN THE FIRE EXIT STAIRWAY. DO NOT USE ELEVATORS. REPEAT, DO NOT USE ELEVATORS. USE THE EXIT STAIRS ONLY.”

ALERT OR CHASER MESSAGE (TO ALL OTHER FLOORS):

A 900 Hz 30 pulse/min. alert tone followed by a voice message, which states:

“ATTENTION, ATTENTION. AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS BUILDING. WHILE THIS REPORT IS BEING VERIFIED, PLEASE STAND BY FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. DO NOT ENTER THE FIRE EXIT. DO NOT USE THE ELEVATORS.”

• In the event that the emergency condition requires total building evacuation, an additional message will be provided and activated manually by a switch at the fire control panel. Upon the activation of the “evacuation” switch at the fire control panel, the following will be transmitted throughout the building.

Message #3 will be repeated with intervals of alarm sound, continuously until silenced by authorized personnel at the fire control panel.

THIRD FLOOR AND GROUND:

“ATTENTION, ATTENTION. AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS BUILDING. PLEASE CEASE OPERATIONS AND LEAVE THE BUILDING, UTILIZING THE NEAREST EXIT OR FIRE EXIT STAIRWAY. DO NOT USE ELEVATORS. REPEAT, DO NOT USE ELEVATORS.”

• The sequence of the “slow whoop” and voice message will sound continuously until silenced by authorized personnel at the fire control panel.

EVACUATION MESSAGE (ALL OTHER FLOORS EXCEPT THIRD AND GROUND)
(PRECEDED BY ALARM SIGNAL) (MANUAL):

“ATTENTION, ATTENTION. AN EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS BUILDING. PLEASE CEASE OPERATIONS AND LEAVE THE BUILDING, UTILIZING THE NEAREST EXIT OR FIRE EXIT STAIRWAY. DO NOT USE ELEVATORS. REPEAT, DO NOT USE ELEVATORS.”

The sequence of the “slow whoop” and voice message will sound continuously until silenced by authorized personnel at the fire control panel.

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