Crisis management plan and emergency evacuation
Plan goals
Evacuating the buildings from their occupants as soon as they hear the fire alarm, by directing them to the pre-determined assembly points in each building
Forming and training the Crisis and Emergency Management Team in each building and defining the duties and tasks assigned to each of them to serve as a general framework for implementing evacuation plans, firefighting and rescue operations, and a guide for protecting individuals in coordination and cooperation with the Civil Defense Department
Controlling the danger and preventing the spread of fires, and working to reduce the losses resulting from them sufficiently through the use of effective fire fighting methods
Duties of a crisis management team
A crisis management team is formed from the building occupants and its members are assigned the following duties
Guiding building occupants to the way to escape routes, emergency exits, and assembly points
Transfer of documents and items of value
Providing first aid and raising the morale of the building occupants, especially students
Fighting fires and assisting fire and rescue teams
Duties of students and staff in emergency situations
Be calm and not be confused
Immediately stop work
Cut off the electrical current from the place
Not to use elevators
Go to the assembly points through the escape routes and emergency exits
Warning students not to run or bypass their classmates, so that no injuries occur among them
Do not risk your life and do not return to the building, whatever the reasons, unless you are authorized to do so by officials
How to behave in the event of a fire
Broken fire alarm glass to turn it on
Inform the fire room immediately on the emergency number
Fighting the fire, if possible, by using the nearest extinguisher suitable for the type of fire as follows
Pull the safety pin on the extinguisher
Point the extinguisher nozzle at the location of the fire
Press the knob to turn on the extinguisher
Make sure that the place you stand is not dangerous to you and that you can escape if the fire spreads
Duties of fire fighting teams
Determine the location of fires by noting the illustration of the fire alarm system
To fight fire by means of extinguishing the building
Ensure that the windows and doors are closed in order to prevent the spread of fire to the rest of the building components
Cooperating with the specialized teams of the Civil Defense and Fire Department by guiding them to the location and type of fire and the available extinguishing equipment and means
Duties of heads of departments and units in all departments
Ensure that doors and windows are closed, except for the exits designated for evacuation operations
Ensure that the electrical current is switched off
Supervising evictions
Ensure communication with the competent authorities (Civil Defense - Ministry of Health)
Ensure the arrival of the specialized teams to manage civil defense and fire
Go to the gathering point to ensure that all workers are present and that none of them are left inside the building
Responsibilities and duties of departmental managers
Ensure that all building occupants are fully aware of the escape routes and have familiarity with their use
Ensure that all doors installed at the emergency exits and the corridors leading to them are open throughout official working hours and that they are easy to open outside (the direction of people rushing)
Ensure that all escape routes are clear of obstacles and that they are completely clear to the occupants of the building and affixed to the guiding signs indicating them.
Duties of the university guard
Securing the building and maintaining order
Preventing entry of any non-specialized personnel inside the building
Preventing anyone from leaving the main gate until the end of the evacuation and control of the crisis and the end of the emergency
Waiting for specialized teams of civil defense men to guide them to the site of the fire
Video about the committee and its tasks
