Emergency Preparedness

Dean, Department Head, Director, Senior Faculty/Staff Member:

• Verify information.
• Call 4-911, if necessary.
• Seal off high-risk area.
• CERT leader will convene crisis team and implement crisis response procedures.
• Notify student and staff (depending on emergency, students may be notified by instructors).
• Evacuate students and staff, if necessary.
• Refer media to Director of University Relations.
• Keep detailed notes of crisis event.

Faculty/Staff:

• Verify information.
• Lock classroom doors, unless evacuation orders are issued.
• Warn students, if so advised by CERT.
• Account for all students.
• Take class roster to evacuation site.
• Refer media to Director of University Relations.
• Keep detailed notes of crisis event.

Crisis Emergency Response Team (CERT):

• Assume roles and responsibilities; complete CERT documentation forms.