Building & Administrative Service Center
Floor Wardens
Floor Wardens provide a critical link between building occupants and safety personnel. There are at least 3 wardens on each floor who are responsible for a specific physical area and are charged with recruiting fellow employees for special assignments in managing an emergency. Floor warden lists will be posted in kitchen areas on each floor. Floor wardens have the following emergency and non-emergency responsibilities:
- Knowing the physical layout of adjacent floors as well as the layout of their own floor.
- Knowing the locations of the nearest stairway and alternate stairwell exits, and the direct routes to each.
- Knowing the location and condition and how to operate the nearest fire extinguishers.
- Knowing emergency telephone numbers and procedures. Instructing co-workers in various emergency roles, recruiting and training members of the Emergency Response Team.
- Ensuring that new employees have a copy of this Emergency Procedures manual.
- Knowing how to assume control, maintain calm, and prevent panic in the event of an emergency.
- Communicating information to building occupants during and after an emergency.
- Preparing and practicing an earthquake, fire and emergency evacuation/relocation plan for their group.
- Knowing the names and work locations of building occupants who may have physical difficulty. In evacuating the building, and assigning a fellow employee to assist those individuals during an emergency to the stairwell Areas of Refuge; advising the Life Safety Director of the location of any disabled personnel.
- Advising the Life Safety Director of adverse floor conditions.
- Maintaining a store of emergency equipment and provisions, including a flashlight and spare batteries, battery-operated radio, and food and water for three days. \