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Security and Emergency Procedures

Campus Security

  • Any immediate security or safety concerns should be directed to campus security. In order to receive a quick response, call the phone number for your campus.

    • Casa Loma campus security
    146 Kendal Ave. (CLE), main floor (main entrance)
    416-415-4532

    St. James campus security
    200 King St. E. (SJA), first floor (main entrance)
    416-415-2047

  • Elevators are also equipped with emergency telephones that are connected directly to campus security.
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Fire Emergency Procedures

  • Familiarize yourself with the fire exit locations and fire exit routes on your campus.
  • St. James campus has a two-stage fire alarm. Stage one (slow alarm) is a warning stage. You are not required to leave the building during stage one, but you must prepare to leave. Stage two (fast alarm) is the evacuation stage. You must leave the building when the stage two fire alarm sounds.
  • Casa Loma campus has a one-stage fire alarm. You must leave the building when the fire alarm sounds.
  • If you discover smoke or fire on campus, leave the fire area immediately and close the doors behind you. Activate the fire alarm system (using a pull station). Telephone the Fire Department at 911 (or dial 9-911 from a College telephone). State your name, the nature of the emergency and the exact location (e.g., George Brown College, 200 King St. E., room 224A). Leave the building via the designated fire exit. Do not use the elevators.
  • If you encounter smoke in a stairwell, use an alternate stairwell.
  • If the fire alarm sounds while you are in class, your instructor will escort the class directly out of the building via the designated fire exit. Do not use the elevators.
  • If you are a student with special needs, move to the designated safety zone nearest the stairwell exit and permit others to evacuate down the stairwell. If you have an assistant, your assistant must advise the Fire Marshall, campus security or the fire department of your location. If you are unescorted, you should remain in the designated safety zone and await the arrival of a Fire Marshall. You should not enter the stairwell nor should you allow yourself to be carried down a stairwell unless there is immediate danger and it is absolutely necessary (that is, fire or smoke is near the designated safety zone). Do not use the elevators.
  • Proceed to a safe location away from the building entrances in order to maintain unobstructed access for emergency vehicles and Toronto Fire Service equipment. Do not return to the building until College officials provide permission.
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Medical Emergency Procedures

  • In the case of a medical emergency on campus, contact security by calling the direct line for your campus (see Campus Security) or by using the yellow emergency call boxes installed in hallways at both Casa Loma campus and St. James campus. Campus security and the first aid teams communicate through two-way radio and both will be dispatched to the location.
  • If College staff are unavailable or the nature of the emergency requires immediate action, call 911 first (9-911 from College phones) and then notify College personnel as soon as possible.
  • A first aid kit is located in the first aid centres. Most labs and workshops also have their own first aid kit.

    Casa Loma campus first aid centre
    146 Kendal Ave. (CLC), room 227

    St. James campus first aid centre
    200 King St. E. (SJA), room 116.

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