Alarms

Building Alarm
The Library is alarmed routinely.
The last staff person leaving the building will activate the alarm on the back panel in the loading dock. Cleaning staff will alarm the building when they complete their duties. If a cleaning staff person has not arrived, then the last full time staff person should set the alarm.
The first person arriving will de-activate the alarm when entering the loading dock door.
There are times when a staff person is unable to activate the alarm due to zone faults. There is a list of zones located in the loading dock area above the alarm panel as well as the number to the Alarm company in the event you need clarification or further information as how to proceed to locate a zone with a fault.

Individual Door Alarms
The following doors have boxes in the wall near them and require a key to unalarm. A small amber light will come on when the door is unalarmed. FT staff have an alarm key and there should be one in the key drawer at the Customer Service Desk.

  1. Dona Benicia Room
    The left-hand door (as you are looking toward the Rose Garden) requires a different key and the panel next to it no longer works.
  1. Art Gallery doors (at the end of the gallery) and exit outside the building.
    To unalarm/re-alarm this door is a two-step process. The box near the door needs to be un-alarmed with the alarm key AND the box at the Customer Service Desk (far right corner as you look at the desk from staff room) also needs to be turned to the OFF position. Re-alarming this door also requires the CSD box to be set to ON as well as re-alarming the alarm panel.
  1. Art Gallery foyer

The alarm panel for this door is found to the left of the door from the Art Gallery side as you are looking towards the outside of the building. You must unalarm the door panel then also flip the toggle switch on the top right-hand side of the door. This switch actually allows the door to automatically open when someone approaches. To realarm this door make sure this switch is flipped back.

Fire Door Alarms
Doors going to the outside of the building are also alarmed. There is not an option to un-alarm these doors. One door is in the right-hand corner of the Children's Room, another at the left-hand side as you look into the Locked History area, another located in the North Alcove, right-hand side (near the Teen Zone). These doors will set off an alarm when someone would open it. WE DO USE THESE DOORS AS EXITS UNLESS A FIRE ALARM GOES OFF IN THE BUILDING AS WE WANT EVERYONE OUT THE CLOSEST EXIT IN THE EVENT THE FIRE/EMERGENCY IS NEAR OUR FRONT DOORS.

Fire Alarm
This panel is located in the center of the back wall in the staff room.
If a fire alarm is pulled in the building it will set off this alarm, a loud, blaring alarm going off in the entire building. Evacuation plans are in effect when this alarm goes off even if it is a false alarm.
Everyone in the building needs to be evacuated until an "all clear" is given from the fire department. Exit through the closest exit doors is encouraged.

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