Ever been woken up by a screeching noise, blinding lights and your hall mates rushing to get out of the building? This is what happens during fire alarms in the residential communities of CSULB.
Now, we all know that drills help improve the process of evacuation in case of a real emergency, but how organized are the dorm fire drills? Residents don't always know whats going on except for that they need to get outside. Both residents and employees agree that the fire drills are effective but they need to improve.
"The fire drills are effective because the give people the chance to practice the real thing." said Residents Assistant Destinee James of the Los Alamitos building.
During the drills, residents vacate the building, rain or shine, and stand outside until the RAs clear the building. Most of the time people leave the building for class or visit a friend instead of finishing the drill.
Residents think the fire drills can easily be improved if residents were just given a place to go and meet up with the building officials. "There can also be a check in process to have the people in the building accounted for during a drill and not possibly missing in the fire," said Caterina Montesano, resident of Parkside building P.
The drills are set to occur mutiple times throughout the school year.
-Leslie Campos
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