University of Houston
Residential Life & Housing
4361 Wheeler St.
Oberholtzer Hall
Houston, Texas 77004
713.743.6000
Fire Evacuation and Safety
FIRE EVACUATION PROCEDURE
At the sound of the alarm, secure your room (windows and doors) and immediately leave the area. leave everything behind except your key. Exit in an orderly fashion (evacuation plans are posted on each floor). Do not use elevators. Keep calm. Move away from the entrances and buildings once you are outside. Do not re-enter the building until told to do so by your RA or the staff person in charge. State fire code regulations require that a fire drill and/or building evacuation be held in residence halls every semester. Resident and guest participation and cooperation are mandatory.
FALSE FIRE ALARM-PENALTY
Sec. 42.06. False Alarm or Report.
A. A person commits an offense if he knowingly initiates, communicates, or circulates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that he knows is false or baseless and that would ordinarily:
1. cause action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;
2. place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or
3. prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance.
B. An offense under this section is a Class A Misdemeanor, unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public primary or secondary school, public communications, public transportation, public water, gas or power supply, or other public service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
FIRE SAFETY
Sec. 12.21.class A Misdemeanor.
Any individual adjudged guilty of a (Class A Misdemeanor shall be punished by:
1. a fine of from $1,000 to $4,000;
2. confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year; or
3. a fine and imprisonment.
