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Building Evacuation Procedure
UMD
Building Evacuation drills are conducted on a regular basis.
Drills’
notices
may or may not be given in advance of a drill.
However, all building occupants are required to
follow instructions found
in their Building
Evacuation and Exit Plan (BEEP). Students and
visitors (including staff from
other buildings) are required to cooperate during planned drills or
emergency
mandated evacuations.
During
emergency evacuations, or whenever you hear the building alarm, are
informed of
a general building emergency, or are ordered to evacuate, do not panic
proceed
as follow:
- Do not ignore the alarm.
- If time and emergency
conditions permit, secure your workplace and take your important
personal items such as car keys, purse, medication, or glasses with you.
- Dismiss class and direct
students to leave immediately, to follow evacuation instructions, and
to meet at the predetermined emergency assembly point.
- Leave the building
immediately, in an orderly fashion.
- Walk do not run
- Keep noise to a minimum
so that you can hear emergency instructions.
- Follow building
evacuation and floor monitors’ instructions
- Do not use elevators.
- Use handrails in
stairwells and stay to the right.
- Follow quickest
evacuation route from where you are (see posted floor evacuation
routes).
- Do not go back to your
office, or classroom area for any reason.
- Proceed to the designated
emergency assembly point for your area. If the designated assembly
point/area is unsafe or blocked due to the emergency, proceed to the
alternate assembly point.
- Report to your Work Area
Rep at the assembly point to be checked off as having evacuated safely;
also report any knowledge you may have of missing persons.
- Return to the building
only after emergency officials (police) or building monitors give the
all-clear signal. Silencing the alarm
does not mean the emergency is over.
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