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EMERGENGY EVACUATION PLAN >>PUBLIC SAFETY EVACUATION PLAN
PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EVACUATION
Immediately, when alarm sounds Public Safety must do the following:
STEP 1
 
1.
Dispatcher: Is to read the alarm panel to locate the problem and dispatch an officer to investigate. Also, put APB (All Points Bulletin) to alert all securities.
   
2.
The Public Safety on the first floor will be directing all outgoing traffic from the stairwells to the refuge designated areas with the assistance of the supervisor on-hand.
   
3.
All handicapped stations need to checked and if there is anyone, they need to be assisted out of the building. One of the Emergency Team Leaders will be waiting with the student/staff until the Fire Department rescuer arrives. All wheelchair persons will be carried down the steps by the Fire Department.
   
4.
The Public Safety personnel in the parking facilities entrances and exits will be assisting in directing the crowd and street traffic. The officer at the entrance on SW 7th Street is to barricade incoming traffic. The student parking log Public Safety is to close the entrance and take a position at SW 6 Street and 27th Avenue for traffic control of vehicles and pedestrian. Preview the evacuation plan.
   
5.
It is the Public Safety department's responsibility to ascertain that the building has been completely evacuated
 
 
STEP 2

If the officer sent to investigate feels that further action should be taken, then the dispatcher must be told to call 911. If, it is a false alarm, the dispatcher will notify Public Safety personnel and an announcement will be made to allow everyone back in the building.

PARKING

During an emergency evacuation, no vehicles will be allowed to enter or exit parking facilities.

 

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