5. Fire
Fire drills are completed across campus in the following manner:
Residence Halls: One drill is to be conducted during the first month of each semester.
During scheduled fire drills, the drill coordinator must arrange to have University police notified at least 15 minutes prior to the drill. This will allow University police enough time to contact the monitoring station and emergency dispatch that the alarm is a drill only.
6. Explosion
a. Procedures reviewed annually with personnel and upon orientation.
7. Bomb Threat
a. Annual training will be conducted to review procedures with University police dispatchers and other phone personnel. University police and CERT will annually review response protocol as well.
8. Chemical Spill
Science department staff trained annually under the chemical hygiene program.
Annual review of response procedures with safety committee and CERT.
Annual review of procedures with appropriate physical plant staff.
9. Communicable Disease
a. Training and updates provided to clinic and student life staff on an annual basis.
10. Utility Failure
a. Residence Life, Physical Plant, Public Safety will review procedures annually.
11. Earthquake
a. Employees will be trained during orientation. Residence Life staff to review all procedures with students. Annual reminders to be provided to all employees and students.
12. Winter Storms
a. Physical Plant maintains and reviews annually its response plan. University police and dispatch personnel will review response procedures annually.
13. Tornado/Severe Wind
a. Annual drill conducted in conjunction with the statewide tornado drill each spring semester. Information will be distributed annually in preparation for the drill. Residence Life staff will review procedures with residence hall students in addition to information provided to the campus.
14. Electrical Storms
a. Information to be provided annually for all employees and students.
15. Building Evacuation Procedures
Supervisors will be responsible for ensuring that employees know the location of fire extinguishers, exits, and alarm system in the areas in which they work.
Building exit practiced in conjunction with fire drill schedule.
Specialty needs to be identified with each building. Including gas shut off and other hazardous exposures.
Special attention given to evacuation of disabled individuals who will not be able to use elevators to exit the building.
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