Emergency Procedures

EMERGENCY TONE / VOICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Seek shelter in the nearest building and look for information via text message, email, cellular phone, JCSU website or other established source. You may hear a voice announcement providing brief instructions along with the audible tone.

• Remain indoors until further notice.
• Close windows and doors.
• Follow instructions.
• Assist others around you.
• Do not call Campus Police or 911.
• The audible tone will signal all clear when the emergency is over.

TORNADO / SEVERE WEATHER

• Stay indoors, away from windows and large unsupported ceilings.
• If outside, take shelter inside the nearest building.
• After the storm, report any injuries or damage to buildings.
• If the building is damaged severely, evacuate as soon as possible after the storm.

BUILDING EVACUATION PROCEDURES

• Follow the instructions of law enforcement or other authorities.
• Take personal items (identification, keys, wallet, medications, cellphone, etc.).
• Do not use elevators.
• Use the nearest exit or an alternative exit if the nearest exit is blocked.
• Assist personas with disabilities.
• Account for others.

Note: Building evacuation is mandatory when the fire alarm is activated.

SHELTER IN PLACE

You may be safer where you are. Do not attempt to leave if you do not have a safe escape route.

• Remain calm and keep quiet.
• Turn off audio/video equipment.
• Follow instructions of law enforcement or other authorities.

FIRE

• Activate the nearest fire alarm.
• Evacuate, accounting for all occupants; avoid using elevators.
• Call Campus Police (x1003 or x1004).
• If forced to travel through smoke, stay low, using a shirt or jacket as a filter.
• Do not enter the building until emergency personnel authorize re-entry.

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL

• Halt equipment or processes containing hazardous materials.
• Evacuate area.
• Remove contaminated clothing immediately.
• Flush any point of bodily contact with water for at least 15 min.
• Report location, type of spill, amount of material involved.
• Report any injuries, reactions, persons in contact with substance.

BOMB THREAT

• Remain calm.
• Get as much information as possible from the caller (description of the explosive, location of the explosive, time it was placed, etc.).
• Note the time of the call and characteristics of the caller (voice, speech patterns, etc.).
• Call Campus Police immediately (x1003 or x1004).
• Do not handle, move or touch suspicious items.
• Move to safe location and wait for police.
• Follow building evacuation procedures when instructed to do so.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON

• Never let anyone into a locked building or office.
• Do not confront the person.
• Do not block the person’s exit.
• Call Campus Police (x 1003 or x 1004) and provide as much information as possible (location of person, description of person, where the person was going, etc.).

WEAPONS / VIOLENT INCIDENT

Consider escaping if you know the location of the assailant and have a safe escape route.

If you can escape safely:

• Move quickly and quietly.
• Do not run in a straight line.
• Warn others.
• Call Campus Police (x1003 or x1004).

 If it is unsafe to escape:

• Remain calm.
• Take no action to intervene.
• Seek refuge in an area that can be locked from within if possible; do not remain in the open.
• Lock and barricade doors; lock windows, close blinds and stay away from windows.
• Turn off lights and audio/video equipment.
• Hide quietly and remain hidden in the room.
• Obey all law enforcement commands.