This section of the handbook is designed to familiarize you with the various Building safety systems and their operations.
INTRODUCTION
1333 Broadway is in full compliance with all Local Law 5 provisions, and is equipped with the required fire alarm/emergency communication system. This system will indicate any alarm location at a screen located in the lobby and it will also provide flexibility to accommodate future alarm points as you may require.
The system comprises voice communication equipment, smoke detectors and full passenger elevator recall capability. Control of these functions is via the Fire Command Station situated in the Building lobby and allows the Fire safety Director to communicate with all parts of the building.
FIRE SAFETY PLAN
The Building Management has developed a Fire Safety Plan designed to establish a systematically safe and orderly method of evacuating an area or areas in the Building. This will be carried out in the least possible time and you will be directed to a safe area or the nearest safe means of egress. It will also provide instructions for the use of all available fire appliances, including fire alarms, which are provided for controlling and extinguishing fire and safeguarding human life. The Fire Safety Plan will provide you with information and instructions which will ensure the prompt reporting of a fire, the quick response to fire alarms, and the immediate initiation of safety procedures, thus safeguarding life and containing the fire until the arrival of the Fire Department.
FIRE SAFETY DIRECTOR
The Superintendent and Lobby Concierge are trained Fire Safety Directors. They are familiar with and involved in developing the Fire Safety Plan, ensuring that all Tenants at 1333 Broadway are adept fully trained and aware of all fire safety procedures.
FIRE SAFETY WARDEN
Each Tenant should, upon receiving instructions from one of the Fire Safety Directors, make responsible and dependable employees available for designation as Fire Safety Wardens. This will ensure that each floor in the Building will be under the direction of a designated Fire Safety Warden who will be familiar with the Fire Safety Plan and will receive a complete set of directions and guidelines to direct a floor evacuation in the event of a fire.
OCCUPANT’S INSTRUCTIONS
Fire Drills will be conducted once every six (6) months and all occupants of 1333 Broadway must participate in these drills. However, you will not be required to leave the floor or floors that you occupy or use the exits during the drill.
You will be issued specific instructions for the Fire Drill by Fire Consultants and the Fire Safety Director, Deputy Fire Safety Director, Fire Safety Wardens, Deputy Fire Wardens, and Searchers of various duties as outlined in the Fire Safety Plan.
Our Building personnel will organize and train the Fire Safety Director, Deputy Fire Safety Director, Fire Safety Wardens, Deputy Fire Wardens, and Searchers of various duties as outlined in the Fire Safety Plan.
FIRE SAFETY INSTRUCTION TO ALL TENANT/OCCUPANTS
In the event of a fire at any location within the Building you will be immediately alerted by the characteristic sound of an alarm from the speakers located at strategic locations in the common areas and Tenant spaces within the Building. These alarms will be followed by a voice announcement, which will communicate the specific situation and instructions to building occupants.
The appointed Fire Safety Warden for each floor will be instructed in the proper procedures to follow to assist all occupants to evacuate your space and floor. The procedure will be rehearsed during the fire drills, which will be conducted every six (6) months to familiarize occupants with the means of notification and evacuation.
IN THE CASE OF FIRE OCCUPANTS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:
- FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE DESIGNATED FIRE WARDEN.
- USE FIRE EGRESS STAIRS TO EXIT THE BUILDING AS DESIGNATED BY FIRE WARDEN.
- DO NOT USE ELEVATORS UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUILDING PERSONNEL OR THE FIRE SAFETY DIRECTOR.
- DO NOT FIGHT ANY FIRES. IF YOU OBSERVE A FIRE:
- USE THE NEAREST PULL STATION ALARM, WHICH WILL BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED.
- CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT 911
- NOTIFY FIRE SAFETY WARDEN
- CALL THE FIRE SAFETY DIRECTOR.
All fire egress stairs will be clearly identified. All occupants should become familiar with their locations.
Please ensure that all doors and exit doors are kept clear of cartons, debris, furniture, etc., at all times. Remember that NO smoking is permitted in the Building in accordance with NYC Law.
Generally, only the fire floor and the floor directly above are to be evacuated in the event of a fire. All other floors are to remain in readiness unless otherwise notified by the fire department or your Fire Safety Director.
If you employ or intend to employ any person who is handicapped or physically unable to use stairs, you must arrange for able-bodies personnel to assist them in a building evacuation. Those assisting personnel must be registered with the Fire Safety Director.