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Fire Safety
Rule of thumb: if you need more than one fire
extinguisher, you are facing a large fire; therefore allow
trained internal and external responders to extinguish
the fire.
Horizontal and Lateral Evacuation of Patients
When it becomes necessary to evacuate, we use Horizontal / Lateral Evacuation. By doing
this, affected individuals are moved first to an adjacent smoke compartment across
(horizontal) then to another floor (lateral) using stairwells if necessary.
In event of a small fire, patients should be left in their rooms with the door closed.
Evacuation is used in extreme cases.
