The facility contains offices and classrooms. The basement and part of the first floor are sprinkled with water flow and valve supervisory switches interconnected with the fire alarm system. A 750 gpm fire pump is located in the basement which supplies the North building sprinkler systems and standpipe connections. Two enclosed fire rated stairwells are located in the building, one on the east end and one on the west end. Fire department suppression equipment has access on the north and west sides of the structure.
Emergency lighting is provided.
This building is classified as a Business Occupancy. East Building The School of Nursing East Building is a seven storied high-rise structure of fire resistive construction. A below grade ice storage tank area, part of the building cooling system, has been installed beneath the plaza area. There are two fire rated enclosed stairways located in the south-west and northeast portions of the structure. Both of these stairways terminate at the Public Way.