FIRE SAFETY

In case of a fire students should:

• Activate one of the REGULAR fire alarms in your way out.
  • REGULAR fire alarms require you to break a small glass to access the handle.
    • The special CO₂ fire alarms are smaller and they don't have glass covers.
  • evacuate (see evacuation routes) the lab as soon as possible and always in an orderly fashion.

Special CO₂ fire alarms:

These alarms should only be activated in case of a fire in one of the fume hoods. (A fire in either the solvent, acid, or RCA hoods).

• There are two handles for these alarms.
  • The first one is outside the Wet Lab on the door by the shower.
  • The second one is on the north wall inside the Wet Lab, by the emergency hatch.
• This alarm will flood the Wet Lab with CO₂.
• The last person leaving the Wet lab should activate this alarm.
  • If you are using the alarm by the emergency hatch, make sure you do it once you have at least one foot out of the hatch.
  • If this alarm is activated while someone is still inside the Wet Lab the CO₂ will asphyxiate him or her.

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ECE344: Theory and Fabrication of Integrated Circuits
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign

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