►General

When the fire alarm sounds, everyone must immediately exit the building. You may take your personal belongings (coat, purse, keys, backpack, medication), providing they are readily close at hand. Do not go back into the building to get personal belongings. Consider that you may not be allowed to re-enter the building for a period of time.

If an earthquake occurs, take shelter under a table or other furniture away from windows or other objects that may fall. When the shaking stops, exit the building. Watch out for broken glass, water and downed electrical lines.

Exit using the closest safe route. Do not use the elevator. Refer to building egress maps for evacuation routes.

Regardless of where you exit the building, go to your building�s designated evacuation location. Report in with the most senior person within your work or program area.

Wait for further instructions. Do not re-enter the building while the fire alarm is sounding.

Police Services Dispatcher and/ or McClane Fire Fighter staff will notify on-site Police Officers, Emergency Response Team (ERT) members and/or recognized college officials who will let you know when you can re-enter the building.

►Faculty responsibility

At the beginning of each quarter, faculty and instructors should provide a review of emergency procedures listed above, including the designated evacuation location.

Faculty and instructors are responsible for accounting for the students in their class who exited from the building. It might be helpful for the faculty member to always have a class roster available. Student counts are turned into the police officer, Emergency Response Team Member and/or designated college official on site.

►Supervisor responsibility

Supervisor must ensure that their staff is familiar with the emergency procedures listed above. Supervisors should review emergency evacuation procedures with their staff quarterly.

Supervisors (or the most senior person present) must account for their staff who exited from the building. Staff counts are turned into a Police Officer, Emergency Response Team Member and/or designated college official on site.

Supervisor must designate a person(s) from their area to serve on the Emergency Response Team.

►Emergency Response Team (ERT) responsibility

ERT members are responsible for assisting people during the evacuation process and for sweeping the building as they exit.

ERT members also serve as a means of relaying information between Police Services and building occupants. ERT members will receive training annually from Environmental Health and Safety.

►Police Services responsibility

Police Services responds to all alarms when available to do so.

A responding police officer should observe the exterior of the building on his/her approach and radio dispatch information on the condition of the structure (e.g. Smoke/no smoke showing). It is not necessary to meet with fire personnel at the alarm annunciator.

The first police officer on scene will proceed to the main entrance/exit of the building. Subsequent responding police officers will proceed to secondary entrances/exits.

The police officer and/or Emergency Response Team Member should gather information from people exiting the building and report it back to dispatch. Police officer(s), Emergency Response Team Members and recognized college officials should also keep people from re-entering the building.

Once the alarm is cleared and silenced by McLane Fire District, the police officer(s), the Emergency Response Team Members and recognized college officials inform people that they may re-enter the building.

►McLane Fire District responsibility

McLane Fire District responds to all alarms, determines the location and cause of the alarm, and searches for people inside the building. McLane determines the appropriate tactical response and calls for mutual aid as needed. McLane decides when the building is safe to re-occupy and informs Police Services.

►People with disabilities responsibility

People who feel they need extra assistance in an emergency are responsible for completing an individual evacuation plan. The form is available from Access Services and at http://www.evergreen.edu/facilities/environmental_health_safety/

►Fire drills

Fire drills will be conducted periodically.

►Contact

For additional information, contact Robyn Herring, Environmental Health and Safety, at 867-6111.

Note: Head counts should list people by name. Head counts are useful in determining who got out of a building safely.

Designated Evacuation Locations: