For the commercial office building located at 1700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
Required by Article F-105.3, D.C. Fire Prevention Code (D.C. Supplement)

• Be familiar with exits and fire apparatuses in your building.
• If you encounter a fire or other potential emergency, pull the fire pull station nearest to the potential emergency. This alerts the fire department and will set off fire bells that can be heard through the building, alerting other occupants to evacuate.
• It is critical that if you pull a fire pull station, you also call the fire department at 911 after evacuating. Give them the most specific information you can because Kastle cannot receive or relay emergency information. Please advise all your personnel that once one of these devices goes off, the bells will ring and evacuation should commence. It is not necessary to pull additional pull stations unless a fire is evident in that location. Indications of multiple floor pull stations activated on the enunciator panel will only confuse and slow down the fire department unless it is a multiple floor problem.
• Always use stairs in an emergency. Walk down them one time so you know where you will exit on the first floor. Remember: in the event of an emergency do NOT use the elevators, use the stairs.
• Upon exiting onto the first floor, please move out of the building and at least 500 feet from the building so others can safely evacuate, and the fire department can work quickly, and to avoid injury from window breakage.
• Assign two individuals from your staff to monitor the evacuation. These individuals should be responsible for ensuring everyone evacuates by identifying any handicapped individuals and for securing your premises. Akridge personnel will assist in directing and giving specific instruction to your employees in the event of an actual emergency. The directions given by the fire department and management personnel should be followed at all times.
• Should the exit route from your space become blocked by smoke, stay calm. Go to the nearest available office and close the door. Call the fire department and give them your floor and approximate location - tell them you are trapped. If there is a window in the office, go to it and signal so fire personnel can see you. The fire department will quickly locate you and assist you in evacuating.
• Fire extinguishers are installed in each common corridor. (There may be additional extinguishers installed in your space by your firm.) The extinguishers installed in common areas are a dry-chemical type extinguisher. You may have different types in your space. Know what you have and how to use it. Smoke detectors are installed in common corridors, as well as within your suite. Heat detectors are installed in mechanical and electrical equipment rooms.

Remember: Never use a water type extinguisher on electrical fires.