Hospitals often have patients who are bed-bound, wheelchair-bound, comatose, or even in surgery. When the fire alarm goes off, how do staff evacuate all patients quickly?
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I did coop in a hospital for a few months (before covid) and the fire alarm went off pretty often. They would announce over the PA where it was and the severity. It was usually a patient smoking in a stairway or something like that. Basically nothing happens unless you’re in the area where there was smoke detected. The building is also designed in a way where each floor has “safety zones” that prevent fire spreading. They definitely don’t start evacuating people as soon as the smoke alarm goes off.
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