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Fire & Life Safety Emergency Preparedness Program

The mission of the Fire and Life Safety Program is to provide support to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston students and personnel concerning the recognition, evaluation, and control of physical hazards. Support is provided to the Fire and Life Safety Committee
in the form of facility safety audits, fire protection, occupational hazards monitoring, responding
to incidents, and performing incident investigations.

Americans overestimate the amount of time they might have to escape from a fire. Although many believe they would have at least six minutes to escape before a fire becomes life threatening, the reality is that fire and toxic smoke spread much quicker than you think. Have An EXIT Strategy Where You Live, Work and Play.

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Documents and Guidelines

Emergency Situation Response Plan (ESRP) (PDF File)
Pipe Identification Guidelines (Word document)
2005 Fire and Life Safety Manual (PDF File)
Contractor Safety Guidelines (Word document)

Guidance Documents

Fire Prevention During Cutting and "Hot Works" Operations
Portable Space Heaters Guidelines (Word document)
Holiday Decorations Policy (Word document)
Break Room Fire Safety (word document)

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date modified: 01/05/2006

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