Evacuation Procedures
STANDARD EVACUATION PROCEDURES
Before an emergency incident, faculty, staff, and students should become familiar withal pedestrian routes, rooms, floors, building evacuation points, and fire exits. Faculty, staff, and students should also familiarize themselves with the location of enclosed stairwells in multi-story buildings.
- When possible, close (DO NOT LOCK) classroom doors after everyone has been evacua
- Leave the building quickly and in an orderly mann Refrain from going back to retrieve personnel items.
- Once outside the building, assemble in areas away from the building, such as a remote parking lot or as directed by the departmental or building emergency plan.
- Check for student or staff inj
- Report injuries immediately or missing students to your professor, department head/designee, and UTEP PD.
- Faculty and staff should remain with students until first responders have cleared them.
The complete evacuation of a building must be followed in all fire alarm or fire-related types of emergencies, regardless of size. This will include reports of the smell of smoke, smoke, or fire, even if the alarm is not activated. The following steps must be followed:
- If the alarm sounds or you are ordered to evacuate, GET OUT OF THE BUILDING, STAY OUT, and WALK, DO NOT RUN
- DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR Power may be out, and you could be stranded between floors.
- If the fire alarm has not been activated, the Fire Alarm Pull Stations are located near the Fire exits.
- Know how to exit the building. Be aware of all building fire exits.
- If smoke is present, stay low to the ground and cover your mout
- In multi-story buildings, evacuate to ground lev ONLY GO UP to your nearest exit (i.e., exiting the basement).
- Wait to re-enter the building until the building has been cleared by first responders.
- Faculty/staff in labs, technical staff, etc., may try to verify that equipment and appliances, etc., are turned off on your way out. Under no circumstances should this delay your exiting the building.