Texas State Fire Marshal's Office: Have an EXIT Strategy (HAES)

Texas State Fire Marshal's Office: Have an EXIT Strategy (HAES) Have an Exit Strategy is a public education program by the State Fire Marshal's Office.

In February 2003, over 100 people attending a concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, lost their lives in a fire. Patrons started running to the front door, shoving and pushing each other; some fell, causing a massive pile of human bodies blocking the door way. These patrons were stuck seeing their escape, but not being able to move and get out. After this tragic event, the

Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office conducted a fire safety evaluation of 189 nightclubs, bars and dance halls, in eight randomly selected Texas counties, to determine if fire and life safety violations existed similar to those that contributed to the multiple fatality fire at The Station nightclub. Of the 189 establishments we inspected, 182 – 96 percent – had exit violations. This led us to create the “Have an Exit Strategy” initiative, of which this Web site is just one component. Have an Exit Strategy encourages people to know at least two ways out of every building, noting that in an emergency, the best way out may not be the way you entered. If patrons of The Station nightclub would have known or recognized one of the alternative exits in the building that were not obstructed, their lives may have been saved.

12/19/2015

Have you tested your smoke alarms this month? If you haven't, please test your smoke alarm, it could save your life!

09/30/2015

Campus Fire Safety Tip: When the smoke alarm or fire alarm sounds, get out of the building quickly and stay out.

09/23/2015

Campus Fire Safety Tip: Learn your building’s evacuation plan and practice all drills as if they were the real thing. www.haveanexitstrategy.com

09/18/2015

Fire Fact: Roughly six out of seven fires in dormitories are started by cooking..

09/16/2015

Campus Fire Safety Tip: Test all smoke alarms monthly.

09/11/2015

Fire Fact: Fires in dorms are more common during the evening hours, between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., and on weekends.

09/09/2015

Campus Fire Safety Tip: If you live in a dorm, make sure your sleeping room has a smoke alarm.

09/02/2015

Campus Fire Safety Tip: Make sure you can hear the building alarm system when you are in your dorm room.

09/01/2015

Sept. is Campus Fire Safety Month.

Students, practice fire safety and always have an EXIT strategy.

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