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HNC - Fire Safety at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center
All areas of the Hopkins-Nanjing center are equipped with fire suppression equipment. These include an overhead sprinkler system with sprinklers in all Center rooms and hallways (including dormitories and apartments), coiled-hose fire hydrants located in all Center hallways, and hand-held fire extinguishers situated in all hallways, common rooms, apartments and dormitory rooms. Students, faculty and staff are instructed in the use of hand-held fire extinguishers during a safety presentation by the Nanjing city Fire Department which is a part of the Center’s orientation program. Fire exits are clearly marked and drills are held to familiarize residents with evacuation routes.
The Center is equipped with a centralized monitoring and alarm system that includes hard-wired smoke detectors and fire alarms located throughout the buildings, as well as a public address system for the dissemination of information and instructions in the event of a fire or other emergency. The public address system can be heard in all areas of the Center, including the dormitories. In the event of a fire emergency, the on-duty Fire Safety Officer would initiate use of the system. The Fire Safety Office, located next to the Security office, contains the monitoring, alarm and public address equipment and is staffed twenty-four hours a day. In the event of other types of emergencies, the decision to use the public address system would be made jointly by the Chinese and American Co-Directors or their representatives.