Revised Interim Evacuation Plan for the Engineering Complex - Featheringill Hall (FGH), Jacobs Hall (JH) and Wing 3
January, 2005
Introduction
In the sections that follow, emphasis has been placed on classrooms and seminar/conference rooms located within the new Engineering Complex. This plan is still considered interim until construction in the general area of the building is complete.
The Engineering Complex consists of three connected buildings and the room numbering approach that has been taken applies to the complex as a whole (e.g., Room 200 is a conference room/classroom located in Featheringhill Hall, while Rooms 211 and 298 are classrooms located in Wing 3 and Jacobs Hall, respectively).
In the information that follows, we have used a “quadrant approach” for each of the three (3) connected buildings as a basis for defining specific locations. For example, Room 200 is located in the SE quadrant of FGH, while rooms 211 and 298 are located in the SE quadrant of Wing 3 and the NE quadrant of Jacobs Hall, respectively.
As soon as we can, we will provide maps with this plan. It is our intent to post evacuation directions in each classroom and laboratory, as well.
Also, within the Complex, people will be directed to the closest exit/stairway which may not be immediately visible (unless this route would take them through closed and opaque fire doors). For this reason, instructors are encouraged to locate stairways and exit points in advance and to become familiar with the designated assembly locations.
General Guidance
In the event of an evacuation, do not use the elevators.
Students should note who is near them when the alarms sound and alert the instructor if anyone is missing on the outside.
Assembly points must be at least 50 feet from the building.
Do not congregate near response units and activities.
Suggested Assembly Areas
lawn in front of McTyeire (South of the Center for Health Services)
lawn behind McTyeire (South of the FreeElectronLaserCenter and the Center for Health Services)
Stevenson Courtyard (East of Jacobs Hall)
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area (West of Wing 3)
Exits
There are eleven (11) exits from the Engineering Complex that could be used in the event of an emergency. One of them, the Western Breezeway exit from Jacobs Hall, is not recommended given the construction near this exit. The following ten (10) exits are available:
Tower Lobby Exit – SE quadrant of FGH; persons using this exit should proceed to the front lawn of McTyeire
SW FGH Exit – SW Exit of FGH; persons using this exit should proceed to the lawn behind McTyeire
SW Wing 3 Exit – accessed through Stairway 2; persons using this exit should proceed to the lawn behind McTyeire
NW FGH Exit – Exits to walkway/drive N of FGH; persons using this
Exit should proceed to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
Stairway 4 Exit – NW FGH quadrant, accessed through
Stairway 4; exits directly to the outside just east of FGH NW Lobby Exit; persons using this exit should proceed to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
Classroom 129/Lower Auditorium Exit – NW quadrant of FGH just E of Classroom 129; exits to walkway N of FGH; persons using this exit should proceed to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
Classroom 138 Emergency Exit – NE quadrant of FGH; exits to walkway/drive N of FGH; persons using this exit should proceed to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
NE FGH Exit – NE quadrant of FGH; exits to walkway/drive N of FGH; persons using this exit should to proceed to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
Eastern “Breezeway” Exit – NE quadrant of JH; accessed through Stairway 5; exits to Stevenson Courtyard
Stairway 6 Exit – NE quadrant of JH; accessed through Stairway 6; exits to Stevenson Courtyard
Stairway Locations (Signs Posted at Each Stairway Entrance) and Exit Points:
Five (5) Stairways – One (1) Open Stairway Leading to the 1st Floor Atrium
Area (S1)
One (1) Enclosed Stairway Leading Directly to the
Outside (S4)
Three (3) Enclosed Stairways With Short Distances to
Exits (S2, S5 and S6)
(there is no S3 stairway; plans changed and it was not constructed)
S1 open stairway leading to FGH Atrium; closest exit is the Tower Door; persons using this exit should proceed to the lawn in front of McTyeire
S2 located at the southern end of Wing 3; exits to the walkway between the Engineering Complex and the Free Electron Laser Center; persons using this exit should proceed to the lawn behindMcTyeire (note - Stairway 2 cannot be accessed from the 3rd floor of FGH)
S4 located at the NW end of FGH; exits directly to the outside (driveway area); persons using this exit should proceed to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
S5 located near the NW end of JH; exits to the JH breezeway and to the Stephenson Courtyard. Persons using this stairway should not turn left and exit through the western breezeway. Rather they should turn right and exit through the western breezeway exit to Stevenson Courtyard
S6 located at the NE end of JH, persons using this stairway should proceed to the Stevenson Courtyard
Fire Doors
There are nine (9) sets of fire doors in the Engineering Complex. When smoke is detected and/or the alarm is sounded they will all close automatically. Four (4) sets have windows, but the other five sets are opaque. This complicates matters in that, in a few cases, taking the shortest route from a classroom to a stairway/exit would require going through opaque doors without an opportunity to observe in advance the situation on the other side. In these cases we will provide a route that does not take people through opaque fire doors.
Specific Evacuation Guidance
In the following, quadrants are designated for the specific units ie, FGH as opposed to the entire Engineering Complex
1st Floor Classrooms and Conference/Seminar Rooms
Featheringill Hall (FGH)
110 – SW FGH Quadrant – take SW FGH exit to the lawn behind McTyeire
129 – NW FGH quadrant – take SW FGH exit or Classroom 129 exit to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
131 – Project Assembly Lab – take SW FGH exit or Classroom 129 exit to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
131A – Mechanical Engineering Classroom – take SW FGH exit or Classroom 129 exit to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
132 – Computer Lab W of Auditorium – take NW FGH exit to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
134– Auditorium Middle N FGH – take NW FGH/Classroom 129 and
Tower Lobby exits as appropriate to the Community Partnership
House/Branscomb Quadrangle area and the lawn in front of McTyeire,
respectively
136 – Computer Lab E of Auditorium – take NE FGH exit to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
138– Seminar RoomNE FGH Quadrant – take NE FGH exit to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
Jacobs Hall (JH)
Fluids Mechanics Lab - NW JH Quadrant – take Eastern Breezeway exit to
Stevenson Courtyard
Structural Engineering Lab - N end JH – take Eastern Breezeway exit to
Stevenson Courtyard
Wing 3
112 – Energetics Lab – take lab exit the lawn in front of McTyeire
118 – Student Society Projects Lab - take SW FGH exit or Classroom
129 exit to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb
Quadrangle area
2nd Floor Classrooms and Conference/Seminar Rooms
Featheringill Hall (FGH)
200– Conference Room SE FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 1 to Tower
Lobby exit to lawn in front on McTyeire
201 - Computer Lab SE FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 1 to Tower Lobby
exit to lawn in front of McTyeire
202 – Computer Lab SW FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 1 to Tower lobby
exit to lawn in front of McTyeire
203 - EECS Computer Laboratory W Middle FGH Quadrant - take Stairway
4 to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
204 - Network Theory Laboratory S Middle FGH Quadrant - take Stairway
1 to Tower Lobby Exit to lawn in front of McTyreire
208 - Microprocessors (I and II) Laboratory SW FGH Quadrant - take
Stairway 4 to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb
Quadrangle area
209 – Seminar Room SW FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 1 to Tower lobby
exit to lawn in front of McTyeire
210 - Digital Electronics Laboratory SW FGH Quadrant - Take Stairway 2
to the lawn behind McTyeire
246 - EECE 235 Laboratory SW FGH Quadrant - Stairway 4 to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
257 – Conference Room NE FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 4 to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
Jacobs Hall
265 – Conference Room SE JH Quadrant - take Stairway 1 to Tower Lobby
exit to lawn in front of McTyriere
270 - Computer Laboratory SW JH Quadrant - take Stairway 6 to the
Stevenson Courtyard
273 - Conference Room/Library SE Middle JH Quadrant - take Stairway
6 to Stevenson Courtyard
296 – NW JH Quadrant – take Stairway 6 to Stevenson Courtyard
298 – NE JH Quadrant – take Stairway 6 to Stevenson Courtyard
Wing 3
211 –SE Wing 3 Quadrant – take Stairway 4 to the Community Partnership
House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
244 – Seminar Room NE Wing 3 Quadrant – take Stairway 4 to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
224 - Radiation Effects Laboratory SW Wing 3 Quadrant - take Stairway 2
to the lawn behind McTyeire
226 - Instrument Laboratory SE Wing 3 Quadrant - Stairway 2 to the lawn
behind McTyeire
228 - Sipher Research Laboratory S Wing 3 Quadrant - Stairway 2 to the
lawn behind McTyeire
238 - Speech Research Laboratory NW Wing 3 Quadrant - take Stairway 4
to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
239 - Conference RoomNE Wing 3 Quadrant - Take Stairway 4 to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
3rd Floor Classrooms and Conference/Seminar Rooms
Featheringill Hall (FGH)
300 - Seminar Room SE FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 1 to Tower Lobby
exit to lawn in front of McTyeire
306 - Seminar Room S Middle FGH – take Stairway 1 to Tower Lobby exit
to lawn in front of McTyeire
308 - Conference Room S Middle FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 1 to
Tower Lobby exit to lawn in front of McTyeire
310 - EECE Senior Design Laboratory SW FGH Quadrant – take Stairway
1 to Tower Lobby exit to lawn in front of McTyeire
313 - Seminar Room SW FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 1 to Tower Lobby
exit to lawn in front of McTyeire
335 - Research Laboratory S Middle FGH Quadrant - take Stairway 4 to the
Community Partnership House/Branscomb Quadrangle area
337 - Embedded Computing Systems Laboratory S Middle FGH Quadrant -
take Stairway 4 to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb
Quadrangle area
342A – Management of Technology Department Conference Room take Stairway 4 to the Community Partnership House/Branscomb
Quadrangle area
349A - Conference Room SE FGH Quadrant – take Stairway 6 to Stevenson
Courtyard
Jacobs Hall (JH)
360 - Human Machine Teaming Laboratory SE JH Quadrant - take Stairway
6 to Stevenson Courtyard
373 - Research Laboratory E Middle JH - take Stairway 6 to Stevenson
Courtyard
375 - Distributed Computing Systems Laboratory S JH - take Stairway 6 to
Stevenson Courtyard
Wing 3
None
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