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Fires

• Activate the nearest fire alarm to warn other occupants of the building to evacuate.
• Call the Menomonie Fire Department immediately at (9-911).
• CAUTION - The building fire alarm will sound in the building but it does not automatically notify emergency personnel. Someone must report the alarm via telephone (9-911). Do not assume someone else is making this call!
• When the building fire alarm is sounded, an emergency exists. All rooms must be evacuated. Leave the lights on. Close, but do not lock the doors.
• Assist the disabled to the nearest stairwell in the building. Have them wait on the landing. Stairwells are checked first by the fire department and are constructed to provide a higher degree of protection.
• Immediately notify the police or fire department if a disabled individual is waiting on a stairwell landing.
  

Please visit these sites for additional information:

UW-Stout Disaster Recovery Plan site:

www.uwstout.edu/uservices/risk/campusemergencyplan.htm

Housing and Residence Life Security and Safety site:

www.uwstout.edu/housing/security.htm

Penalties for interfering With Fire Fighters
As outlined in Wisconsin Statute 941.12 and 941.13, interfering with fire fighting is punishable by a fine and/or prison sentence. Included in this category of violation are:

• Interfering with the proper functioning of a fire alarm system,
•  Interfering with the efforts of fire fighters to extinguish a fire, and
•  Tampering with, or removing fire-fighting equipment including fire extinguishers and fire hoses.

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