True or False? If you smell smoke or see a spark or flames, after ensuring patient safety, you direct someone or call a Code Red/Code Fire.

True or False? If you smell smoke or see a spark or flames, after ensuring patient safety, you direct someone or call a Code Red/Code Fire.

• A. False
• B. True
• C. Call security
• D. Ignore until someone else handles

Answer: (B)

When you detect smoke, a spark, or flames, the immediate focus is on getting patients and yourself to safety. Once you’ve done that, you must escalate by activating the fire alarm and summoning responders, typically by assigning a Code Red or Code Fire. This ensures trained personnel and the facility’s evacuation and firefighting plan kick in right away, speeding containment and rescue efforts. Directing someone to pull the alarm or calling the code is the quickest, most effective way to mobilize help. Options that delay alerting responders or rely on others to handle it don’t provide the urgent protection needed in a fire situation.

When you detect smoke, a spark, or flames, the immediate focus is on getting patients and yourself to safety. Once you’ve done that, you must escalate by activating the fire alarm and summoning responders, typically by assigning a Code Red or Code Fire. This ensures trained personnel and the facility’s evacuation and firefighting plan kick in right away, speeding containment and rescue efforts. Directing someone to pull the alarm or calling the code is the quickest, most effective way to mobilize help. Options that delay alerting responders or rely on others to handle it don’t provide the urgent protection needed in a fire situation.