Facility Emergency Plan - 560 Mission

1 Facility Emergency plan Purpose of plan and Building Description Statement of Purpose This Facility Emergency plan is required by the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 19* (Public Safety) and Appendix VI-G of the San Francisco Fire Code. Title 19, California Administrative Code (A) Emergency Pre-Fire Planning. Owners, operators, tenants, administrators and managers of high-rise buildings shall, in cooperation with the fire authority having jurisdiction, establish procedures, which shall include but not necessarily be limited to the following: 1.

2 Assignment of a responsible person as Fire Safety Director to work with the fire authority in the establishment, implementation and maintenance of the Emergency pre-fire plan . 2. The telephone number of the local fire department (861-8020 or 911) shall be conspicuously posted in a location adjacent to the telephone in each dwelling unit, office area, telephone switchboard, and in other areas as directed by the fire authority having jurisdiction. 3. Emergency plan procedures shall be conspicuously posted in each dwelling unit, office area, and other locations as required by the fire authority having jurisdiction.

3 Such procedures shall provide for the relocation or evacuation of building occupants. Note: The San Francisco area code requires the maintenance, at all times of all fire equipment and/or appliances as well as the maintenance of all exits. It is the responsibility of the fire safety director to establish a self- inspection program to this end. This is a legal document. The plan has three (3) priorities: 1. Life safety of the Building occupants 2. Control of fire and smoke 3. Protection of the Building This plan addresses pre- Emergency planning and training, as well as proper response to actual emergencies and natural disasters.

4 It addresses duties of individuals who are members of the 560 Mission Street Fire Safety Organization as well as predicted responses of Building systems and equipment. The Building Management Staff of 560 Mission Street believes that this plan meets all applicable codes and requirements and is an important component of the commitment to life safety training and response. Description of Building 1. Construction Type: Thirty-one (31) story steel frame rectangular tower Two (2) levels of parking below grade 2. Total Square Footage.

5 789,702 Gross Square Feet 667,782 Net Rentable Square Feet 3. Year Built. 2002. 4. Stories. 31 story rectangular tower - Height 424 feet 2 levels below grade for mechanical areas and parking Bomb Threat The responsibility for evacuation of each tenant company will reside with the Senior Officer in attendance of each individual company space. Building occupants will be advised of all information on a timely basis. Bomb Threat Procedure If you receive a bomb threat by telephone: Try to get as much information from the caller as possible; such as detonation time, locations, floor, kind and size of the bomb, reason placed.

6 Notify the Building Management Office at 512-5600. Notify the Police Department at 553-0123. The Building Management Office will notify all tenant companies by phone; in addition, handouts will be given to all persons entering the lobby and the garage to inform them of the bomb threat. If advised to evacuate by your the Senior Executive Officer, do so quickly, and move at least three (3) blocks away. Remember, you can search your area faster and more thoroughly for a suspicious package, as you know better than anyone else if it belongs.

7 If you find a suspicious package: o Do not move or touch it. o Notify the authorities immediately and leave the area. Suspicious Device Procedure 1. Do not attempt to move or touch it. 2. Call 911. 3. Inform the Building Management Office immediately at 512-5600. 4. Evacuation of the immediate area is the responsibility of the tenant. Civil Disturbance Should a riot or civil disturbance start outside the Building, the security guards will immediately lock all entrances to the building. The police will be notified. We will keep you informed.

8 If a disturbance should occur in the main lobby, all elevators will be turned off at the first floor and the police will be summoned. Actions to take: 1. Do not go through a violent crowd to leave of enter a building. 2. Call 911. 3. Call the Building Management Office at 512-5600. 4. Notify others in the office. 5. Stay away from the area. Classifications of Fire and Methods of Extinguishing Class A fires: Common Combustibles; paper, wood, cloth, etc. Extinguishing: Water to reduce temperature. Class B fires: Flammable liquids, gases and greases.

9 Extinguishing: Eliminate oxygen, remove fuel. Class C fires: Energized electrical equipment. Extinguishing: De-energize, eliminate oxygen (if not energized, classified as Class A). Class D fires: Combustible metals; potassium, sodium, etc. Extinguishing: Special extinguishing agents are available. Using a Fire Extinguisher The use of an extinguisher is very simple. All extinguishers made for the American market function the same way. Again, the use of an acronym (PASS) can help to remember the steps to use the extinguisher.

10 In using the extinguisher to combat a fire, remember that heat rises, so stay low. Always keep your back to the exit, just in case you must exit in a hurry, you will be able to find the exit. Fight only small fires. Always call 911 to report any fire. To use: 1. Pull the pin. 2. Aim the nozzle. 3. Squeeze the handle down. 4. Sweep at base of flame. 5. California law requires that extinguishers be serviced once a year by a licensed service person. California law requires that extinguishers be serviced once a year by a licensed service person.