Never use the elevators for evacuation of the building. The Medical School Teaching Facility is a 10 story high-rise building. The 10th floor is not normally occupied. There are four exits from each floor through fire stairwells. Enclosed stairwells are located at each corner of the building.
All stairwells discharge directly to the outside of the building at the street level.
The Northeast and Southeast stairwells discharge onto Pine Street. The Southwest stairwell discharges onto the loading dock on the west side of the building. There is an exit passageway from the loading dock which discharges onto Redwood Street. The Northwest stairwell discharges onto Martin Luther King Boulevard. There are two horizontal exits to the Health Science Facility at the 2nd and 5th floors.