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SECTION III . EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Alarms . • Fire alarm sounds when sprinklers are set off in buildings . • Buildings 1 through 9 have sprinklers on the east side of the street. • Buildings 11 , 12 and 18 have sprinklers on the west side of the street . • Buildings 10, 13 , 14 , 15 and 17 do not have sprinklers . • First responder in charge will designate someone to watch the sprinkler system valve to make sure no one turns the system off before the fire department arrives . • Notification (other than fire alarms) will be done verbally, with notification given to the foremen in all departments by radio or telephone . Evacuation . • All employees should be evacuated from the building and gather at the designated emergency meeting area . • Employees will be instructed by their supervisors where to go for assembly , such as a parking lot or the street . All employees will report before leaving the facility . • Unless physically impossible, all evacuations will be made from the building to the Sacramento Street side . • The Emergency Coordinator will be responsible for notifying outside emergency response agencies when an evacuation has begun . • Evacuation drills will be done periodically (at least once a year) . Emergency : Each department will have a Team Leader and a Team Co - Leader. Responsibility falls on the Team Leader, or Co -Leader, in the Leader ' s absence , to account for all personnel in the department and assist in their evacuation of the department offices and the building . Follow these rules in an emergency : • Stop work and leave the building immediately when the fire alarm sounds or when you are instructed to do so . • Follow instructions, avoid panic and cooperate with those responding to the emergency . • Proceed to the designated or nearest exit . • Turn off computers, equipment, fans, etc . and close desk drawers . • Do not delay your exit from the building by looking for belongings or other people . ,.. When leaving the building, go to your designated "employee evacuation assembly location " . • Do not re-enter the building until instructed to do so by your supervisor or fire/rescue worker( s) . 5