At approximately 12:10am on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, the Shippee Hall fire alarm began to sound and residents evacuated the building. Resident Assistant Emily Cassidy and Resident Assistant Victoria Ho called 911 to alert emergency services of the sounding alarm. No smoke was seen or smelled within the building. At 12:15am, RA Cassidy called Hall Director On Duty, Jennifer Platts, to alter her that the fire alarm was sounding and that emergency services had been contacted. At around 12:17am, the UConn Fire Department arrived and surveyed the building. The UConn Fire Department determined the cause of the sounding alarm to be an alarm box that was pulled in the A wing of the sixth floor of Shippee Hall. The Fire Department also stated that