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Safety Devices Available in the Colleges :
1- Mechanical Safety Devices :
- Water sprinkler system ( Automatic )
- Elastic fire hoses .
- FM200 gas fire suppression system .
- powder fire extinguishers , Co2 , Carbon dioxide ,
extinguishers .
- Civil defense extensions and fire hydrants outside buildings .
- Positive pressure fans in fire escape ladder ( that
automatically work with the alarm system in the building )
2- Electrical Safety Devices :
- Smoke and heat detectors .
- Fire alarm control panels .
- Guiding emergency panels ( with a kind of lightening ,
connected to an emergency backup batteries in the building ) .
- Lightning protection system on buildings roofs .
Note : All elevators automatically go down to the ground floor ,
immediately after the fire alarm is activated in the building , it is
then stopped , and it is prohibited to use the elevators in case of
fire .
Emergency Exits :
There are emergency exits at the buildings edges at the end of
corridors , and also , emergency exits in the auditoriums in the
first and second floors , all shown in the evacuation plan, spread
out in the corridors of all buildings.
Note : The basement is the safe floor , that leads to the assembly
points outside the building .
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