Section 2: Information for Emergency Responder

Building Description

The Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering (MJIS) is a 3 story building with basement that houses classrooms, faculty and staff offices, research laboratories, a shipping and receiving dock, and animal holding areas, located at 206 S. Martin Jischke Drive. There are three public entrances facing West, two public entrances facing East and a service entrance to the shipping/receiving area to the North. Building operating hours  are controlled by a card access system. Normal (open) building hours are Mon.-Fri. 7 AM to 10:30 PM and Saturday 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM. The North service entrance locks at 3:30 PM. BME faculty, staff, graduate students, and building service, physical facilities, and fire and safety are entered into the card database to maintain 24 hour access.

Building Departments

Department(s) in MJIS:  Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

Safety Coordinator:  Bill Schoenlein

Phone:  765-494-1366

Office:  MJIS 2080

Building Critical Operations

The following lists critical operations and individuals responsible for notification:

  • Operation:  Emergency Generator, located in the loading dock area
    • Responsible person:  Dan Dunbar, 765-494-4881
  • Operation: CO2 manifold system, located in MJIS B034
    • Responsible person:  Kirk Foster, 765-494-7005 or Susan D. Hardy, 765-496-2476
  • Operation: LN2 bulk tank located in loading dock area
    • Responsible person: Kirk Foster, 765-494-7005 or Susan D. Hardy, 765-496-2476
  • Operation: Animal holding rooms, MJIS B063, B079
    • Responsible person:  Rick Sieber, 765-496-1402

 

Building Alarm(s)

  • Fire alarm horns with accompanying strobe lights are present in all occupied areas of the building. If an alarm is sounding, evacuate promptly.
  • Elevators sounding an alarm buzzer should not be used. Elevators should also not be used in event of a fire.
  • All other laboratory equipment alarms relate to their operational requirements, and do not indicate safety hazards.

 

Building Safety Committee

Bill Schoenlein (Chair)     schoen@purdue.edu           765-494-1366

Asem Aboelzahab            aboelzahab@purdue.edu    765-494-0209

Gabriel Albors                  galbors@purdue.edu           765-496-1827

Norvin Bruns                    bruns17@purdue.edu          765-494-9839

Kirk Foster                       foster@purdue.edu              765-494-7005          

Jo Gelfand                       jo@purdue.edu                     765-494-2996

Susan Hardy                    hardy13@purdue.edu          765-496-2476

Clarissa Hernandez         herna171@purdue.edu        (student representative - 3rd floor)

Cindy Holderbaum           cholderb@purdue.edu         765-494-2995

Tamara Kinzer-Ursem      tursem@purdue.edu           765-494-7330

Liesl Krause                    krausel@purdue.edu            (student representative - basement)

Hyunsu Park                    park755@purdue.edu          (student representative - 2nd floor)