The Wanamaker Office Building's mechanical and electrical systems have been designed to minimize the risk of a general power failure resulting from causes within the building. Should a power failure occur, it typically will affect either an isolated area of the building or a large geographic area of which this building is a part.
All common area lighting and exit lighting is connected to the emergency power system. Tenant suites are supplied with independently powered emergency lighting.
In the event of an electrical failure, please observe the following guidelines:
- Contact the Management Office.
- Open draperies and raise blinds to let in outside light.
- If you are trapped in an elevator during a power failure, do not panic. The passenger elevators are connected to the emergency generator power system and, in the event of a power failure, each elevator can be safely brought to the main lobby (one at a time). Your elevator will cease operation, but will not fail. Emergency battery lighting will come on in each passenger cab and stay on until the generator has begun to supply power to the elevators. Do not attempt to force the doors open or escape through the roof hatch. Use the elevator intercom to contact building management for information and notify them of your location.
- If you are instructed to evacuate the building, lock all areas of your premises.
- Do not congregate in the lobby areas or in the street. Instruct employees to assemble at the staging area designated by the fire tower stairway closest to your suite (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest) to ensure all employees are accounted for and have evacuated safely - refer to Building Staging Areas.
- After your employees have been accounted for, the designated tenant representation should report to the Security Command Center on the lower lobby to receive a status of the situation.