Am I required to leave a building during a fire alarm?
Fire alarms are a safety measure to prevent people from getting injured, or worst dying, in the event a building catches on fire. From a young age, children are taught in school to evacuate a building as soon as they hear or see the alarm going off, but are you legally required to leave a building while the fire alarm is going off? According to Tufts University's Fire Alarm Evacuation Drills, residents must immediately evacuate the building. They say it is best to never assume the alarm is false or that it is just a test. They add, even if an area is not filled with smoke or odor, do not ...
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