SHUMWAY CONDOMINIUMS
RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES

Fire Alarm: Horns blaring, strobe lights flashing:

1. In all cases, evacuate building quickly by using the stairwells (the elevators will not operate). The fire department is automatically notified by our alarm monitoring company. Even in the case of a fire alarm, we are not allowed to shut off either sprinkler water or silence the alarm without fire department approval. The fire department will respond fully within minutes.

2. Fire system trouble alarm with intermittent beeps (as when battery replacement in a bathroom smoke detector, but louder) indicates a technical fire alarm system problem, not a fire. The alarm monitoring company will call the property manager and two Board Officers. If any one of them is on the site, beeping should be silenced in approximately 15 minutes. Sometimes alarms automatically reset if the problem clears on its own.

Elevator Failure while you are in the car:

1. If power fails, controls and most lights will go dead, but a battery light will stay on.

a. Wait five minutes to see if power is restored. If restored, then press a floor button to move the elevator.

b. If power does not return in five minutes, open the call box. Press the call button. Call boxes have usage instructions inside. A response company will answer and will notify property manager, HOA President, and send a service person to get you out. Response time depends on the responder's location. The responder will talk to you from the intercom station in the garage level elevator lobby.

2. If the car stalls and power is on:

a. Try to press floor buttons or if still at floor level, press the door open button.

b. If buttons fail to work, use the call box (1 b above).

3. If the car door will not open, see Emergency Shutoff manual in the bulletin boards.

3. Each car has a bell button to ring loudly in the elevator shaft. However, passers-by may not know how to respond. Use the call box to call for assistance.

Restore Elevator Operation after a Fire Alarm: Usually done by fire department. See Emergency Shutoff manual in the bulletin boards.

Building Evacuation Assistance Communications System:

1. All stairwell landings have large blue signs with a speaker plate nearby. Go to this location if you need assistance exiting in an fire or earthquake. Press the speaker button to generate a tone in the stairwell and the fireman's command center in the building's 1st floor "formal" entry. This sounds in the building, not to the fire department or police.

2. To reset the alarm tone, press the lighted button at the control station.