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If You Discover a Fire ...
Last Updated: February 9, 2017 11:14:24 AM PST
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Learn what to do if you discover a fire.
Large fire
- Pull the fire alarm and call for help.
- Campus phones: call 911
- Other phones: call (858) 534-4357
- UCSD Medical Center: call Security at 6111
- Alert people in the area to begin evacuation. Assist those with disabilities.
- Close doors to confine the fire.
- Go to your designated assembly area, away and upwind from the building.
- Have people who know about the nature and location of the fire assist emergency personnel when they arrive.
Small fire (trash can size)
- Pull the fire alarm and call for help.
- Campus phones: call 911
- Other phones: call (858) 534-4357
- UCSD Medical Center: call Security at 6111
- Alert people in the area to begin evacuation. Assist those with disabilities.
- If you know how to use a fire extinguisher and have a clear exit path behind you, bring the extinguisher within 6 feet of the fire.
- Use the P-A-S-S procedure to operate the extinguisher:
Pull the pin in the extinguisher's handle. 
Aim the nozzle at the base of the fire. 
Squeeze (or press) the handles together. 
Sweep from side to side at the base of the fire until it is out.
Take a fire extinguisher training course to learn more.
After the fire
After the fire has been completely extinguished:
- Report used extinguishers immediately.
- Campus:
Facilities Management Service Referral Desk, (858) 534-2930 - UCSD Medical Center-Hillcrest:
Facilities Engineering Help Desk, (619) 543-6454 - UCSD Medical Center-Thornton:
Facilities Engineering Help Desk, (858) 657-6400
- Campus:
- Fill out the Fire Incident Form to notify the Fire Marshall of the incident.
- If injuries or damage occurred, notify the Risk Management Office, (858) 534-3820
For more information, contact EH&S Fire & Life Safety, (858) 534-3659.
In case of fire, your first responsibility is to escape unharmed and sound the alarm.