The document provides instructions on fire safety and evacuation procedures at a medical facility. It describes the RACE protocol for responding to a fire, which stands for rescue patients, activate alarm, confine the blaze, and extinguish if possible. It also details how to use fire extinguishers, evacuation routes including horizontal and vertical, and total evacuation. When construction creates fire hazards, interim life safety measures are implemented to minimize risk.

1. SAFETY

2. R-A-C-E
R = Rescue Patients
First Priority-Move patients to
safety
Check door for heat
Stay close to ground to avoid toxic
gases
A = Activate Alarm
Know location of fire alarms
Pull alarm as you rescue patients
Fire alert displays on computers
and over PA system
C = Confine the blaze
Close all doors
Avoid elevators in
evacuation
Use stairs to evacuate
E = Extinguish if possible
Know location of nearest fire
extinguishers
Use towel or blanket to extinguish
small fire, as in a wastebasket

3. FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS
Fire extinguishers at BMH
are class ABC.
Surgery also has white
water-based extinguishers.

4. to Safety
P = Pull the pin
A = Aim at the base of
the fire
S = Squeeze the
handle
S = Sweep from side
to side

5. Evacuation
Horizontal
Move through a fire door to a
safer area on the same floor.
REMINDER: Avoid all dead
end routes.
Vertical
When horizontal evacuation is
not possible, move down the
enclosed fire escape stairwells.
Do not use elevators!
Total
Last resort-decision made
by Administration & Sr.
Fire Official on scene
Move all patients from
hospital.
Be sure to move their
medical records with them.

6. Evacuation With
Construction
When services are halted or new construction
or renovation projects create conditions that
compromise built-in fire safety systems or
increase fire hazards, IU Health BMH
creates, implements, and enforces interim
life safety measures (ILSM) to minimize
hazardous conditions.

7. Evacuation With
Construction
When services are halted or new construction
or renovation projects create conditions that
compromise built-in fire safety systems or
increase fire hazards, IU Health BMH
creates, implements, and enforces interim
life safety measures (ILSM) to minimize
hazardous conditions.