EVACUATIONS

An evacuation should empty a building or area of all occupants as quickly and safely as possible.

• Building evacuation—In cases requiring the evacuation of one building (fire, explosion, bomb threat) occupants should proceed to the predetermined designated meeting area.
• General evacuation—When orders are given to evacuate one building or multiple buildings after a major disaster, occupants should proceed to the evacuation meeting area as directed by Public Safety.

Public Safety and/or other emergency personnel will be available to direct occupants to safe areas.

Department meeting areas are

1. __________________________________________

2. __________________________________________

Do not re-enter the building(s) until allowed to do so by Public Safety.

For Physically Disabled Occupants
It is the responsibility of faculty to notify students in each class of the need to identify themselves (in private if desired) if they will need assistance during a building evacuation and to establish an evacuation plan for those identified. Such evacuation plans may include the buddy system and the use of safe refuge areas.

Safe refuge areas are places relatively resistant to smoke and heat within a building, for example a sprinkler-protected room or hallway, or a stairway landing where an occupant could wait until help arrives. If a safe refuge area is to be used, it is essential to assign, at the time of the emergency, an individual who will tell the emergency responders where the waiting occupant is located.

Employees are responsible for identifying themselves to their supervisor, if they will need assistance during a building evacuation, and the supervisor is responsible for establishing a workable evacuation plan for those employees.