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Emergency Fire Response

The Fire Marshal's Office and Tufts Police stands ready 24 hours-a-day to respond to any fire alarm or report of burning odors. Our duty is to assure the safety of everyone on the Tufts campuses.

However, fire alarms alone do not ensure any person's safety unless that person knows how to safely exit a building when the fire alarm sounds.

Fire Drills are conducted twice a year in all residence halls.  The first drill is scheduled early in the fall semester and all drills are held with no advance warning.  The second drill is conducted some time during the early spring semester.  Total evacuation is required during alarm fire alarms.

All repeat drills are unannounced.

Fire drills are also conducted on a regular basis for the Health Clinic and the Child Development Day Care Centers.   Drills for other campus buildings are not conducted unless requested and scheduled by the building's occupants.

When the fire alarm sounds, you are to leave the building immediately--even if someone else tells you it is a false alarm. Do not use the elevator and do not assume it is an alarm test (unless a test has been announced)--fire alarms should never be taken lightly.

You may go back into the building when personnel from the Fire Dept., TUPD, or The Fire Marshal's Office tell you it is safe to re-enter.

The Tufts Police responds to a fire alarm (24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year) to assist the Fire Department with building and room entry. The Fire Marshal's Office can also provide information about a particular area due to their familiarity with the fire alarm system and practice of inspecting buildings. They help locate the alarm area with the Fire Department by checking and operating the fire alarm control panel.