Emmergency Door Placard Form
Emmergency Door Placard Form
Your door placard can provide valuable safety information to emergency responders (SB County Fire, paramedics and
EH&S) about the hazards in the room. Please provide the following information (Please use one form per separate room):
Contact(s): Print Name(s) Campus Phone After Hours Phone1 Position
1.
2.
3.
Building
4. Name
5. Room Number
A. Physical Hazards - check all that apply for each room- if NONE check here
Radioactive Material Lasers (Class III or IV) Compressed gas
X-ray equipment High Voltage Cryogenic Fluid
Magnetic fields (NMR) High Pressure reactor
UV light Other/Physical hazards that Fire Dept. should be informed about:
B.Biological Materials - check/describe all that apply for each room- if NONE check here
Disease – causing agents: Infectious particles:
(the category for Salmonella, Streptococcus, etc.)
(the category for viral vectors that are replication deficient, but infectious)
Human blood products and/or cells:
(the category for human plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, HeLa cells, HEK293 cells, etc.) Other/biological materials that Fire Dept.
Toxins should be informed about:
C.Potentially hazardous unattended processes- check all that apply for each room- if NONE check here
Solvent stills with drying agents Water-cooled equipment
Other hazards that Fire Dept. should be informed
High-Pressure equipment
about:
D.Chemical Hazards - check all that apply for each room- if NONE check here
Laboratory-sized chemical containers Corrosives (acids/bases) (<5gal.) OR (> 5 gal.)
Bulk-sized chemicals (containers > 5 gallons/19.9 liters) *Oxidizers (e.g. O2, nitric/perchloric acid):
*Toxic gas: size
* Water-reactives (> 0.5 lb): Type
Type(s)
Flammable gas: Type
* Pyrophorics (spontaneous combustible):
Type
Flammable liquids (Total volume of solvents): * Organic peroxides (> 0.5 lb): Type
< 5 gallons (20liters) Explosives:
Type
5 to 10 gallons (20-37liters) Other hazards that Fire Dept. should be informed about:
> 10 gallons (37 liters)