Holidays, Bad Weather Conditions, and Building Evacuation

1. Holidays

   The library is closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday (half day), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, The Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day. Closings for federally designated 3-day weekends will be determined by the director. The library may close early on days before holidays, at the discretion of the director. Whether the library closes for additional days at any particular holiday other than the federally designated three-day weekend holidays will be determined by the Board of Trustees. In such cases, care will be taken to give paid holiday time to staff on an equitable basis.

2. Bad Weather

   The library will close or open for shortened hours during periods of bad weather conditions at the discretion of the director.

3. Building Evacuation

   1. In the event of an extended period of power outage (not a blinking of lights) the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code as enforced by the Kingston Fire Department requires the patrons and staff to take the following action:
      1. Patrons and staff vacate basement area and lock basement door.
      2. Patrons and staff vacate all rooms on the second floor. Staff is to make certain this is done and that the doors to stairways on the first floor are locked.
      3. Patrons are to vacate the building, or remain inside the building behind the wooden doors in the hallway, but not beyond the entrances to the fiction or reference room. The staff will supervise this area.
      4. When conditions allow, the building is to be vacated and secured by staff.
   2. In the event of a fire alarm, New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code as enforced by the Kingston Fire Department requires that patrons and staff take the following action:
      1. Patrons and staff vacate basement area and lock basement door.
      2. Patrons and staff vacate all rooms on second floor. Staff is to make certain this is done, and that the doors to stairways on the first floor are locked.
      3. Patrons and staff vacate the building going either to their vehicles and remaining there, or away from the building to the Franklin Street garden area, to allow unobstructed entrance of fire vehicles.
      4. No person, including staff, may return to the building before a fire officer gives direction.