1. Hospitality Facilities Design and
Planning
Week 10
Safety and Security Systems

2. Program today
• 4:00-4:15 Review visit to Jay Peak
• 4:15-5:15 Safety and Security Systems
• 5:30-6:45PM - PROJECT

3. Safety and Security
• Role of a hotelier: provide a safe environment for
guest and staff, protect the asset (building and
contents)
Safety: Accidental
Versus
Security: Structural

4. S A F E T Y

5. MGM Grand Las Vegas

6. MGM GRAND
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xmsQrZ8MHY

7. MGM Grand
• November 21st
, 1980
• 7AM
• 5,000 guests in hotel
• Cause: electrical ground fault inside wall soffit
• Fire moved at 15-19 feet PER SECOND
• 80 people killed, 700 injured
• No sprinkler system in Restaurants and Casino

8. Monte Carlo Las Vegas
• January 25th
, 2008
• 11AM
• 3,000 rooms
• Cause: welding on roof
• Closer to home: http://www.wmur.com/news/22678208/detail.html

9. Hotel Fires
• Hotel Manager’s nightmare
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn15BUFBvu8
• Over 4,000 per year, down from 11,500 in
1970’s

10. Fewer hotel fires and deaths
• Improvements in :
– Fire prevention
– Fire detection
– Notification
– Fire control
– Suppression
– Evacuation

11. Fire Prevention
• Kitchen
• Laundry
• Ventilation, cleaning, inspection!

12. Fire Detection
• Heat Detectors

13. Fire Detection
• Smoke detector

14. Fire Notification
• Emergency Instructions and floor plans: part
of in room information and posted on hotel
room door
• Pull stations:
• Horns, alarms – some times with voice:
– http://www.cod.edu/public_safety/Alarm%20Fire%20Message.asx

16. Fire Suppression
• Sprinkler system
• Portable extinguishers
• Hoses
• Kitchen hoods
• Importance of training staff

18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY-Du4jwVOw
ANSUL Systems for kitchens

19. Fire Control
• Fire dampers
• Smoke dampers

20. Evacuation
• Have a plan! And test it, again and again
– Example TFL 2003
• Designate staff members
• Assembly locations
• Registered guest list, ledgers
• Special guest needs
• Primary contact fire department: after they
arrive WHO IS IN CHARGE?

21. Egress
• Exit signage
• Keep hallways and stairwells clear
• Emergency lighting

22. S E C U R I T Y

23. What do guests say
• When asked what is most important about
choosing hotel, top of list is:
– SAFETY AND SECURITY!

24. Security, protection from what?
• Theft
• Forced entry, danger of attack, personal harm

25. Security measures

26. Security measures

28. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJyGioxzDAw

29. Key Control
• Electronic Locks
• RFID – what is it, advantages
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUHOOUBJr6s

30. Terrorism
• Vehicle barriers
• Controlled access
• Security cameras
• Personnel training

31. Next Class
Guest Lecture:
Jason Lisai – VP of Planning and Development,
Sugarbush Resort
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Class: Water and Wastewater Systems