In the last five years Fort Lewis College has designed and installed a comprehensive fire alarm system. Testing, completed in November, 2003, became the final step in a program to upgrade the school’s fire alarm system. A fiber optic loop connects individual building fire alarm systems to a command center at the Physical Plant. The panel, connected to a contracted call center, notifies central dispatch for Durango emergency services. The bulk of the system has been in operation for over a year.
While technology for the system is very good, the possibility for error always exists. For that reason the appropriate fire procedure or fire alarm response has not changed. Anyone who notices smoke or fire, hears a fire alarm, or sees a strobe in a Fort Lewis College building should leave immediately and report the fire at the earliest opportunity. Dial 9911 to report the fire if using a college campus telephone. For off-campus telephones or local cellular telephones users, dial 911.
If you have any questions regarding the fire alarm system please contact the PPS Service Center at extension 7000.
