MCN’s customizable template, Central Service, is taken from our Life Safety and Interim Life Safety Management Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals.

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Here is some sample content from Central Service:

	The proper response to fire or smoke is R.A.C.E. R = Rescue patients immediately from fire or smoke area. A = Pull fire alarm station and call emergency number to give exact location. C = Contain the smoke or fire by closing all doors to rooms and corridors. E = Extinguish the fire when it is safe to do so. Rescue individuals from the immediate fire or smoke area. Always rescue people before pulling the fire alarm. Pull the fire alarm and call emergency number to report the fire. Be sure to take this step immediately after rescuing, so that the appropriate emergency response personnel...
Second excerpt:
	...lights on. Keep telephone lines clear. Close all doors and windows. Use the fire extinguisher to suppress the fire only if you are trained and it is safe to do so. Notify the Operations Center when you are in readiness for evacuation. Stand by for orders. If the fire is not in your area, be alert, be guided by the instructions of your area fire marshal, or department manager. Area fire marshals will direct activities of staff members within their units. Assign personnel to take...