University Center Emergency Procedures
Terms and Definitions
Blood and Bodily Fluid Exposure
Bomb Threat and Checklist
Campus Alert System
Civil Disturbance or Demonstration
COOP Plan Implementation
Earthquakes
Evacuation of Workplace
Explosion
Fire and Smoke Conditions
Hazardous Material Exposure/Spill
Homeland Security Incident
Lockdown/Hostage/Armed Intruder
Medical Emergencies & First Aid
Radioactive Contamination/Spill
Threat of Tornado
Utility Failure
Violence or Crime on Campus
UC Building Administrators
UC has developed several procedures to ensure the continued safety of all those who study, work and visit University
Center. Thoroughly reviewing this information could prove invaluable should an emergency situation ever occur.
Terms and Definitions
Acting Incident Commander: the building administrator assigned the responsibility of getting the "Ready
Bag", and will bring it to responding Police/Fire at the Command Post. This person will coordinate all school
response activities until Police/Fire arrive on the scene and takes over command.
Building Administrators: UC Executive Team members who are contact personnel for other staff members
in case of emergencies.
Command Post: the location where the primary recovery logistics and administrative functions are
coordinated and administered. This location must be out of harm’s way, but close enough to provide ease
of coordination (as adjacent building).
Minor Event: an emergency where there is only one other agency responding and requires less than one
hour to return to normal operations.
Procedure
Minor Event: (less than one hour to recover)
- Receive notice of event.
- Ask the reporting person to stay with you.
- Gather basic information: Who, What, Where and When.
If INJURY or THREAT OF INJURY exists.
* Call 911(stay with the 911 dispatcher until they release you).
* Inform 2 other employees, by Name, of the situation by saying, "There is
an emergency at ___________ (location). The emergency is
______________. ___________ is the "on-scene" contact, and they can
be reached by ___________.
1. Have someone contact a Building Administrator and standby to
help as needed.
2. If needed, have the other go meet the responding emergency units
outside the building and show them to the scene.
(Other employees may go about their normal business.)
Major Event: an emergency that requires multiple agencies to respond and more than one hour to return to
normal operations.
Procedure
Major Event: multiple responses (more than one hour to recover, structural damage,injuries,
hazardous material spill, etc.)
- Receive notice of the event.
- Gather Basic Information: Who, What, When, Where.
- Contact 911 (Stay on the line with 911 dispatcher.)
- Ask fellow employees to contact a Building Administrator.
1. If safe, have a Building Administrator come to your location.
2. Ask fellow employee to standby to help as needed.
- Meet responding emergency vehicles, etc.
- Standby for arrival and direction of a Building Administrator.
If a Building Administrator determines that the building should be evacuated, they can sound the
alarm by pulling one of the fire alarm boxes:
Locations:
- 1st Floor north and south side walls of the Main East and West side doors
- Just inside the NW outside doors and the inside doors
- Just inside the NE outside doors and near Room #167 on E corridor
- 2nd Floor At the top of the NE and NW stairwells
On the E and W facing walls above the Commons area (outside Rooms
#250 and #276).
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Blood and Body Fluid Exposure
Exposure: Direct contact between eye, mouth, mucous membrane, skin cut or abrasion with blood or any
other potentially infectious material.
Actions to Take:
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Skin exposure: gently wash contact area with soap and water immediately.
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Eye exposures: flush eyes with water for 15 minutes using eye wash if available.
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Call 911 for medical help.
Additional Information/Follow-Up Activities:
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Notify supervisor of exposure to a potentially infectious fluid.
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Notify one of the Building Administrators as soon as possible of potential infection from blood or
body fluid due to exposure.
*Call Barb Wagley at 367-8414 to report exposure
(Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM).
*If after hours, call 201-2371 (Security) for assistance.
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Bomb Threat and Checklist
Actions to Take:
If bomb threat is received by phone:
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Take the caller seriously and remain calm.
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Try to keep caller on the phone by asking questions using the Bomb Threat Checklist (following
this section or print the form using this link).
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Listen carefully: don't interrupt the caller or hang up.
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If possible, write a note to a coworker asking him/her to "call 911 to report a bomb threat."
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Call 911 immediately once the call has ended to report the details.
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University Center officials will determine if evacuation is necessary.
When caller hangs up, the person receiving the call will immediately:
1. Activate the line the call came in on, and get a dial tone.
2. Dial *57, this activates "last call trace" - stay on the line- you will be given a confirmation of
the last call trace. (You will not be given a phone number; only Qwest or the Police can
retrieve the phone number of the caller.)
■ Remember the line number used for the call.
3. Ask another employee to get a Building Administrator.
4. Call 911 and tell the dispatcher the number of the line the threatening call was on, and that
you used that line to activate the "last call trace" feature.
5. Wait for a Building Administrator to come to your location and give instructions.
BOMB THREAT: DO NOT use cell phones or radios. They could activate the bomb.
If bomb threat is received by mail:
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Stop additional handling of the letter or parcel.
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Call 911 immediately.
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University Center officials will determine if evacuation is necessary.
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Secure the room/area if possible, allowing entry to emergency responders only.
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Advise campus personnel not to use 2-way radios in the area.
If bomb threat is received by email:
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Call 911 immediately.
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Print a copy for University Center and security staff.
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Do not delete the message.
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University Center officials will determine if evacuation is necessary.
Additional Information/Follow-Up Activities:
If instructed to do so, initiate building evacuation by activating any fire alarm box (pull alarm).
Locations:
1st Floor north and south side walls of the main East and West side doors;
Just inside the NW outside doors and inside doors;
Just inside the NE outside doors and near Room #167
on E corridor.
2nd Floor At the top of the NE and NW stairwells;
On the east and west facing walls above the Commons area (outside
Rooms #250 and #276).
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Take along your department's Ready Bag.
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Evacuate building and report to Emergency Assembly Area (EAA) or the Commons Area.
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Wait for emergency response personnel or the Security Staff to authorize that it is safe to reenter
the affected area.
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Provide the completed Bomb Threat Checklist to the security staff person or police officer-incharge at the scene.
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Notify your supervisor or department head of bomb threat if they were not in the area when it
occurred.
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Campus Alert System
The University of South Dakota is implementing a Campus Alert Notification System for students, faculty
and staff. This service allows USD and University Center to send critical weather-related and emergency
alerts to your cell phone, landline or computer.
After registering for classes, you will receive an authorization code from membership@3nonline.com. In
order to receive these important alerts you must complete the registration process after receiving the
authorization code.
To register, please follow these steps:
1. Go to https://nnn1.3nonline.net/nns/pub/Login.jsp?destination=/NewUserAction0.do
2. Enter the authorization code.
3. When asked if you are an existing 3n member, select "No."
4. Create a numeric password between six and ten digits long. Be sure to write this down and keep in a
secure location for later.
5. Select a password reminder.
6. If you wish, you may create an alias user ID and an alpha-numeric password. This alias user ID and
alpha-numeric password combination can be used in place of your member ID number and numeric
password in the future when updating your account. Write both of these down, too.
7. Verify the personal address information displayed. Should you need assistance with updating your
personal information, click on the "View Tutorial" button near the top of the screen.
8. Confirm/add your contact information, using hyphens for phone numbers and entering your cell phone
number again for the SMS/text message section (if desired). Be sure to include the area code of any
telephone number you submit, in the format of 605-555-1212.
9. Set priority levels (the order in which you wish to be notified by device type) for both emergency and
standard alerts. Note that all eight do not need to be selected and that NA (not applicable) means that you
will not receive an alert of that type.
10. Retain a copy of your confirmation notice so you can update your account anytime you have a change
in personal contact information, switch cell phone providers, add an email account, etc. Please note that
you are responsible for keeping your information up-to-date. To do so, go to http://3nonline.net/ and click
"Log In."
If you have any questions, you may contact UC Campus Alert at uc.alert@SDUniversityCenter.org.
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Civil Disturbance or Demonstration
Actions to Take
Civil Disturbance:
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If anyone at a meeting, class or lecture becomes disruptive, ask that person(s) to leave.
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If disrupter refuses to leave, call 911 if it is an emergency or 201-2371 if it is not an emergency
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If phone is unavailable send someone to notify Security.
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Provide first responders with your name, location, and nature of the problem.
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Follow instructions of campus and law enforcement officials.
Demonstration:
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To report the incident/activity call 911 if emergency, or 201-2371 if not (Security).
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Continue with your normal routine.
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Avoid provoking or obstructing demonstrators.
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If possible, stay away from demonstration area.
Additional Information/Follow-Up Activities:
*Stay away from doors or windows if the disturbance is outside.
*Close and lock doors and windows if noise is disruptive.
*If necessary, secure valuable resources and research to protect them from damage.
*If you evacuate the building, take your department's Ready Bag along with you.
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COOP Plan Implementation
The Executive Dean will determine full or partial deployment to the designated alternate facility of any
mission-essential functions that are critical to operations at the time the South Dakota Board of Regents South Dakota Public Universities & Research Center COOP activation is ordered. This determination will
be based on the severity of the event and the level of threat. The following actions establish general
administrative procedures to allow for travel and transportation to the alternate facility. Specific instructions
will be provided at the time a deployment is ordered.
COOP Relocation Team (CRT). The CRT immediately begins deployment, taking with them all office
Drive-Away Kits, if applicable, and their personal go-kits. This team will most likely use privately owned
vehicles for transportation to the designated facility. Specific instructions will be provided at the time of
activation.
Members of the CRT team are: Mark Lee, Jennie Doyen, Laura McCluskey, Becky McCune, Sarah
Rasmussen, Sharon Sopko and Barb Wagley.
COOP Support Team (CST). CST personnel present at the impacted facility at the time of an emergency
notification will be directed to proceed to their homes to await further instructions. At the time of notification,
any available information will be provided regarding routes that should be used to depart the facility or other
appropriate safety precautions. During non-duty hours, CST personnel will remain at their homes pending
further guidance.
Members of the CST team are: Aaron Anthony, Chris Assmus, Linda Benedict, Eileen Butcher, Lora Fejfar,
Alan Fischer, Jolene Ledwell, Tom Pedersen, Jason Madsen, Sarah Rasmussen, and Vikki Van Hull.
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Earthquakes
Actions to Take
During shaking:
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Remember to duck, cover and hold.
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Duck or drop to the ground.
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Take cover under a sturdy desk, between rows of auditorium seats or against an interior wall, and
protect your head and neck with your arms.
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Stay clear of windows, hanging objects, mirrors or shelves where objects may fall.
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Hold on to furniture that covers you and protect your head and neck until the shaking stops.
After shaking stops:
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Be prepared for aftershocks.
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Do not run outside or immediately evacuate as falling debris can cause major injuries.
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Quickly gather personal items and critical work or research that needs to be saved, along with your
department's Ready Bag.
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Follow evacuation routes directly to building's Emergency Assembly Area (EAA) or Commons
Area; do not attempt to use an elevator for evacuation.
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Assist evacuating people with disabilities if they need help.
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Check in with emergency staff at the EAA (Commons Area) and notify them of injured people,
hazards or damages observed.
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Stay at the EAA (Commons Area) and follow directions of emergency response personnel.
Additional Information/Follow-Up Activities
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Report emergencies by calling 911.
Determining when to go home:
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Do not try to leave the campus until campus authorities say it is safe.
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Be prepared to assist with campus response and recovery operations if asked to do so.
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If you leave the EAA (Commons Area) for any reason, notify building emergency staff.
If an earthquake occurs when you are not at work, or at UC:
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Follow your department's "reporting to work" requirements.
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If possible, monitor http://www.sduniversitycenter.org/ for updates.
Earthquakes (For People With Disabilities)
During shaking:
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Move away from windows and get next to an inside wall or clear, safe area.
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Cover head and face with arms.
After shaking stops:
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Evacuate to the Emergency Assembly Area (EAA); ask for assistance if needed.
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Check in with emergency staff at the EAA (Commons Area) and notify them of injured people,
hazards or damages observed.
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Stay at the EAA (Commons Area) and follow directions of emergency response personnel.
Additional Information/Follow-Up Activities
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Report emergencies to 911.
Determining when to go home:
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Do not try to leave the campus until campus authorities say it is safe.
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If you leave the EAA (Commons Area) for any reason, notify building emergency staff.
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Evacuation of Workplace
Actions to Take
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Quickly leave the building when the fire alarm sounds or evacuation is initiated by emergency
personnel. Take your department's Ready Bag with you.
*If working with high heat, open flame or a hazardous experiment or
procedure, complete safety shutdown procedures if it is safe to do so,
and then evacuate the building.
*Quickly take personal items or other important materials with you if it is
safe to do so. You may not be returning for some time.
*Close doors as you leave.
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Stay to the right of hallways and stairs; do not use elevators.
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Assist the mobility impaired if they request help.
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Avoid any smoke-filled area if possible; if you are in a smoke-filled area, stay low to the floor and
crawl under the smoke.
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Follow evacuation routes directly to building's Emergency Assembly Area (EAA) or Commons
Area.
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Notify emergency staff at the EAA (Commons Area) that you have evacuated safely.
If mobility impaired:
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Proceed to an area of safe refuge, such as an enclosed stairwell.
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Request others evacuating to notify emergency responders of your location.
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Wait for emergency responders to arrive.
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities:
*Remain in the EAA (Commons Area) until directed otherwise.
*Never try to reenter a building until cleared to do so by University Center Building Administrators, Security
or emergency responders.
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Explosion
Minor Event:
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Receive notice of event.
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Confirm need for call to 911.
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Confirm no threat to life.
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What actions are being taken to assure there is no threat to life?
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Who is the "on-scene" contact person?
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How can they be contacted?
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Is there anything needed to bring the situation back to normal?
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Contact a Building Administrator.
Major Event:
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Receive notice of event.
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Confirm that 911 has been called.
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Gather Basic Threat Information.
1. What happened?
*What kind of an explosion?
*Hazardous materials?
2. Where?
3. Are there injuries or threat of injuries?
4. Is there any damage to buildings?
5. Any known threats to responders?
6. Who is the "on scene" contact?
7. How can they be contacted?
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
Continue with "Evacuation of Workplace" instructions on this webpage
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Fire and Smoke Conditions
If you receive notice of the event by ALARM:
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Secure all office records and valuables.
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Leave the building.
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Wait for the "all clear" before returning to the building.
If you receive notice of the event by PHONE:
Get the basic information:
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Is smoke visible and/or flame?
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Is the FIRE ALARM activated (pull alarm)?
Fire Alarm Locations:
1st Floor N and S side walls of the Main East and West side doors;
Just inside the NW outside doors and the inside doors;
Just inside the NE outside doors and near Room #167 on E corridor;
2nd Floor At the top of the NE and NW stairwells;
On the E and W facing walls above the Commons area
(outside Room # 250 and #276).
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Where is the fire?
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Are there injuries?
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Is the building being evacuated?
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Call 911.
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Contact a Building Administrator.
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Secure all office records and valuables.
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Leave the building.
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Wait for the "all clear" before returning to the building.
Actions to Take
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Alert others nearby of the condition.
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Call 911 to report any fire or smoke condition, if it is safe and possible to do so.
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Quickly leave the building when the fire alarm sounds or evacuation is initiated by emergency
personnel, taking your department's Ready Bag along with you.
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If working with high heat, open flame or a hazardous experiment or procedure, complete safety
shutdown procedures if it is safe to do so, and then evacuate the building.
Fire extinguishers are located:
1st Floor - Commons area - S corridor;
NW corridor, outside Room #177;
NE corridor, outside Room #167;
Outside Workroom, Room #163;
2nd Floor - Commons area, outside Rooms #276 and #250;
NW corridor, outside Room #271;
NE corridor, outside Room #267.
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Quickly take personal items or other important materials with you if it is safe to do so. You may not
be returning for some time.
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Close doors as you leave.
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Stay to the right of hallways and stairs; do not use elevators.
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Assist the mobility impaired if they request help.
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Avoid any smoke-filled area if possible; if you are in a smoke-filled area, stay low to the floor and
crawl under smoke.
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Follow evacuation routes directly to building's Emergency Assembly Area (EAA) or Commons
Area.
If mobility impaired:
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Proceed to an area of safe refuge such as an enclosed stairwell.
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Request others evacuating to notify emergency responders of your location.
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Wait for emergency responders to arrive.
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
Never try to reenter a building until cleared to do so by University Center Building Administrators, or
emergency responders.
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Hazardous Material Exposure/Spill
Actions to Take
For exposures:
Skin contact - external exposure (splash):
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Call 911 and ask for assistance from co-workers or staff members if available.
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Start shower/eye wash.
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Remove contaminated clothing, if appropriate.
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Wash for at least 15 minutes.
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Seek additional assistance as necessary.
For Inhalation:
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Take your department's Ready Bag with you. Quickly take personal items or other important
materials with you if it is safe to do so. Leave the area and go to an area with fresh air.
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If you have shortness of breath or trouble breathing, call 911 for help.
For Ingestion:
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Call 911 for help.
For Hazardous Material Spill or Release:
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If you have been trained and have the proper materials, contain or clean up spill and call 201-2371
for Security.
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If you have not been trained or cannot contain the spill, call 911 for help.
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
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Report all incidents to your supervisor or a staff member.
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Decontaminate all useable equipment.
Properly dispose of hazardous waste through Security at 201-2371.
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Homeland Security Incident
Actions to Take
National Emergency occurs:
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Tune your radio or television to a local Emergency Alert System (EAS) station and follow
instructions.
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Follow directions of emergency response personnel, your Building Supervisor for Emergency
Conditions, or Building Emergency Staff.
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
Information concerning emergencies at UC and related topics is available to the campus community
through the following resources:
* UC Website at www.sduniversitycenter.org.
* Sioux Falls area news and information on TV and Radio.
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Lockdown/Hostage/Armed Intruder
Major Event:
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Receive notice of the event.
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Confirm collection of Basic Threat Information
1. Where?
2. Type of Weapon?
3. Description of assailant?
4. Direction of travel?
If there is a WEAPON:
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Call 911 and give dispatcher: address and the Basic Threat Information (you will be asked to stay
on the line with 911until police arrive).
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By Name, ask another employee to contact a Building Administrator and have them come to you.
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By Name, ask another person to CONTACT SECURITY.
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Stay on the line with 911.
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Tell everybody in your area the situation and ask them to leave the building.
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Assign person on their way out to: 1) Lock Doors; 2) Turn Lights Out
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Get out of sight.
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Be quiet.
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Wait for a Building Administrator to arrive and give instructions.
You are now HIDING:
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Devise plan to fight, run or do what the intruder wants if he gains access to your room. Fighting is a
last resort. (If you FIGHT: you must gain CONTROL of the WEAPON.)
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Wait for Police instructions to leave the building.
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Wait for the "all clear" before going back in the building.
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Medical Emergencies & First Aid
Actions to Take
General steps in medical emergencies:
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Check the scene to see that it is safe and that you and victim are not in danger.
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Call 911 (or ask someone to call 911) to request medical assistance; state the type of medical
emergency it appears to be (cut, head injury, heart attack, etc.).
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Get office First Aid Kit and use needed supplies as directed or to the level of your first aid training.
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Retrieve and use any other appropriate and available emergency medical equipment, e.g.
automatic external defibrillator (AED).
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Calm and reassure the victim while waiting for emergency personnel.
Minor event: Single Injury (single response)
If you are not the "On Scene" contact with 911, send somebody to the scene and have them call 911.
Basic Information needed by 911:
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Address & phone number?
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What's the problem?
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Conscious?
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Breathing?
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Age of the victim?
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Are there any known threats to the responders?
Send person to meet the responding vehicles and lead them to the scene.
Contact a Building Administrator.
Ask a Building Administrator "Is there anything else I can do?"
If you are the "On Scene" contact with 911:
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Receive notice of event.
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Confirm contact with 911.
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Is somebody meeting the ambulance?
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Confirm all unneeded people are away from the scene?
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Who is the "On Scene" contact?
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How can they be contacted?
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Contact STI Security (201-2371).
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Contact a Building Administrator.
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Ask a Building Administrator "Is there anything else I can do?"
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Fire/Law Enforcement/Ambulance will take control of the scene upon their arrival.
Major Event: (Multiple Injuries/Death)
ACTIONS: SAME AS ABOVE
Perform needed actions shown in the General Actions-Major Event section at the front of this manual.
CPR RESPONSE TEAM PROCEDURES
In the event of a suspected cardiac emergency in the University Center Building, please do the following:
1. Call 9-911, tell them to send the ambulance to the __________side of the University Center
Building (2205 N. Career Avenue).
2. Or, for HSC: tell them to go to the Sullivan Health Sciences Building (2300 N. Career Avenue).
3. Contact a certified CPR responder from your area and have someone take them to the victim. If no
one is available call a CPR responder from the nearest adjacent floor.
4. Send someone to help with the following:
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Take the EMTs to the person in need.
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Lock the elevator door open at the respective floor.
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Have the area cleared of non-response team members to allow room for EMTs to work.
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Have the aisles to the victim cleared for the EMTs arrival.
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Help EMTs whenever requested.
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Notify the Executive Dean's Office of the incident.
ONLY TO BE USED BY AED TRAINED CPR CERTIFIED RESPONDERS:
The Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) is located on the NE wall in the 1st floor Commons area.
(Call the front desk at 367-5640 and request a responder be sent to the location.)
Response Team Members:
Hillary Westerhuis
Laura McCluskey
Vikki Van Hull
Kristen Lenertz
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
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Report any injury to your immediate supervisor or a UC staff member.
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Replace any materials used from the First Aid Kit.
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Radioactive Contamination/Spill
For exposures:
For events that create immediate danger to life/property or if an injury has already occurred:
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Call 911 for help and ask for assistance from co-workers if available.
For unexpected exposure to radiation:
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Call 201-2371 - Security for instructions. Call 911 if it is after 5 PM or a weekend/holiday.
For ingestion of radioactive materials:
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Call 201-2371 - Security for instructions. Call 911 if it is after 5 PM or a weekend/holiday.
For eye contamination:
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Call 911 for help and ask for assistance from co-workers if available.
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Use eye wash for at least 15 minutes.
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Completely rinse entire eye area, including eyelid and skin underneath eye.
For skin contamination:
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Call 201-2371 - Security for decontamination instructions and a dose assessment; Call 911 if it is
after 5 PM or a weekend/holiday.
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Contain area of contamination by proper monitoring techniques.
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Wash area several times with soap and warm (not hot) water.
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Use a mildly abrasive soap, soft bristled brush or emery board if detectable contamination is still
present.
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Resurvey the contaminated area after each decontamination.
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Repeat decontamination steps until survey results do not change or if skin is getting more irritated.
For contaminated lab coat, clothing or shoes:
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Remove contaminated items and check skin underneath for contamination.
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If skin is contaminated, follow instructions for skin contamination.
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Call 201-2371 - Security for instructions; Call 911 if it is after 5 PM or a weekend/holiday.
For radioactive liquid spills:
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If you have been trained and have the proper materials, contain or clean up spill and call 2012371 - Security.
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If you have not been trained or can't contain the spill, call 911 for help.
For airborne release of radioactive gas, dust, volatile liquid or rupture of a sealed source:
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Call 911 for help.
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Do not attempt to decontaminate anything.
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Turn off fans and blowers and close all ventilation.
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Evacuate the area, closing and locking doors after leaving room(s).
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Place warning signs that no one should enter room(s) on every access door.
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Any potentially contaminated people should move to a nearby secure area until monitoring can
take place.
For loss or theft of radioactive materials, sealed sources or radiation-producing machines:
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Call 911 for help.
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
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Report all incidents to your supervisor.
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Decontaminate all useable equipment unless directed otherwise within procedures.
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Ask Security (201-2371) to properly dispose of radioactive waste.
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Suspicious Mail or Packages
Suspicious Parcel or Object: Anything that is out of place and cannot be accounted for or any item
suspected of being an explosive device.
Actions to Take
If you receive or discover a suspicious letter or package:
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Do not touch, tamper with or move it.
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Call 911 and report what you suspect immediately to Sioux Falls Police Department.
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Campus security will determine if evacuation or other action is necessary.
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Notify your supervisor (or a UC staff member) of what you suspect.
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
Indicators that make a letter or package suspicious:
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Has a powdery substance, oily stains, major discoloration or crystallization on outside.
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Unexpected letter from someone unfamiliar, has no return address or is postmarked from a foreign
country that may or may not match the return address.
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Has excessive postage, a handwritten or poorly typed address, no name or misspelled common
words.
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It is of unusual weight given size, excessively bulky or lopsided or oddly shaped or has an unusual
amount of tape.
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Has a strange odor.
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It is addressed to someone no longer with your organization, uses a wrong title or reflects outdated
personal information concerning addressee.
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It has restrictive endorsements such as "Personal" or "To Be Opened By Addressee Only."
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Threat of Tornado
Actions to Take
If a tornado "WATCH" is issued for your area, it means that a tornado is "possible."
If a tornado "WARNING" is issued, it means that a tornado has actually been spotted or is strongly
indicated on radar, and it is time to go to a safe shelter immediately.
Be alert to what is happening outside as well. Check The Weather Channel for additional information or if
you have trouble getting up-to-the-minute forecasts on regular radio or TV.
Indications of an impending tornado:
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A sickly greenish or greenish-black color to the sky.
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If there is a watch or warning posted, then the fall of hail should be considered a real danger sign.
Hail can be common in some areas, however, and usually has no tornadic activity along with it.
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A strange quiet that occurs within or shortly after a thunderstorm.
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Clouds moving by very fast, especially in a rotating pattern or converging toward one area of the
sky.
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A sound like a waterfall or rushing air at first, but turning into a roar as it comes closer. The sound
of a tornado has been likened to that of both railroad trains and jets.
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Debris dropping from the sky.
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An obvious "funnel-shaped" cloud that is rotating, or debris such as branches or leaves being
pulled upwards, even if no funnel cloud is visible.
If tornado "WARNING" is issued:
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Quickly gather personal items and critical work or research that needs to be saved. Take your
department's Ready Bag with you. You may not be returning for some time.
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Do not run outside or immediately evacuate as flying debris can cause major injuries.
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Follow evacuation routes directly to building's Emergency Assembly Area (EAA) or Commons
Area; do not attempt to use an elevator for evacuation.
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Assist evacuating people with disabilities if they need help.
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Check in with emergency staff at the EAA (Commons) and notify them of injured people, hazards
or damages observed.
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Stay at the EAA (Commons) and follow directions of emergency response personnel.
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Leave auditoriums and other free-span rooms. Exit in an orderly fashion.
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Go to interior rooms and halls on the lowest floor, but avoid halls that open to the outside in any
direction. If there are no interior hallways, avoid those that open to the southwest, south or west,
since those are usually the directions from which tornados will come.
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Central stairwells are good, but elevators are not. If the building loses power, you may be in the
elevator for a long time.
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A corner would be safer than in the middle of the wall. A bathroom, closet, office or maintenance
room with short walls would be the safest area, especially if it is on the north or east side of the
building.
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Stay away from glass, both in windows and doors.
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Crouch down and make as small a "target" as possible.
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If you have something to cover your head, do so; otherwise, use your hands.
Additional Information/Follow-Up Activities
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Report emergencies to 911.
Determining when to go home:
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Do not try to leave the campus until campus authorities say it is safe.
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Be prepared to assist with campus response and recovery operations if asked to do so.
•
If you leave the Emergency Assembly Area (Commons Area) for any reason, notify building
emergency staff.
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Utility Failure
Actions to Take
Natural gas leak detected:
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Evacuate the building using evacuation routes. Quickly take personal items or other important
materials with you if it is safe to do so, along with your department's Ready Bag.
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Do not turn "on/off" switches on lights or electrical equipment.
•
Stay to the right of hallways and stairs; do not use elevators.
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Assist people with disabilities if needed.
•
Once outside, call 911.
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Go to the building's Emergency Assembly Area (EAA) or Commons Area and notify emergency
staff that you have evacuated safely.
Electrical Power Failure:
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Evacuate darkened areas with caution.
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Call Security at 201-2371, then call Sioux Falls Police Department at 911 if advised to do so.
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Report the location and hazards of machinery or operations that were interrupted.
Elevator Failure:
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Report elevator failures at 201-2371 - Security.
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If outside the elevator, try to communicate to trapped elevator occupants that help is on the way.
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If trapped inside the elevator, use the elevator phone to request help, or activate the emergency
alarm within the elevator. (The elevator phone has no dial tone so do not hang up after picking up
receiver.)
Flooding/Plumbing Failure:
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Do not touch any electrical appliances.
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Call Security at 201-2371.
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If it is safe to do so, lift valuable items above the reach of the water.
Steam Line Failure:
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Leave the immediate area.
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Call 201-2371 - Security.
Ventilation Problem (odors):
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Call Security at 201-2371. Then call Sioux Falls Police Department at 367-7000 or Siouxland
Health and Human Services at 367-8760.
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Violence or Crime on Campus
Actions to Take
If you are the victim of, or witness to, any crime or act of violence on campus:
•
Notify Sioux Falls Police Department immediately, using 911 (by phone, cell phone or pay phone),
an Emergency Call Box, a campus emergency phone or an elevator emergency phone/intercom; in
a dire emergency, use a fire alarm pull station.
•
Be prepared to give the police dispatcher as much information as possible, including:
1. Nature of incident;
2. Location of incident/Description of person(s) involved;
3. Location or direction of travel of person(s) and/or vehicles involved;
4. Any obvious injuries to the victim or object;
5. Type of weapon (knife, pistol, rifle, shotgun, club, chain), if used;
6. Your name, location, department and extension number.
Additional Information/Follow-up Activities
•
Do not take unnecessary chances or put yourself at risk.
•
Never argue with or attack a person committing a crime.
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•
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Try to get a good description of the criminal if you can do so without putting yourself at risk, and
write it down.
1. Height; weight, sex, physical appearance, approximate age, clothing,
method and direction of travel, perpetrator's name, if known to you or
others at the scene.
2. Note anything that was touched or held by the criminal.
3. If the criminal leaves the area in a vehicle, note the type, make and
model, license number (if possible), color, decals or stickers, or any
outstanding characteristics.
If safe to do so, remain where you are until a police officer arrives.
Do not interfere with:
* People who are committing a crime or creating a disturbance.
* Individuals behaving in an irrational or bizarre manner.
* Law enforcement or medical responders at the scene.
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UC Building Administrators
UNIVERSITY CENTER:
Mark Lee
Executive Dean
Jennie Doyen
Director of Marketing
Communication & Spl.
Projects
Barb Wagley
Program Assistant II
Sharon Sopko
Director, Academic
Coordination
and Student Services
Laura McCluskey
Manager, Finance & Business
Operations
Becky McCune
Team Leader, Computer
Services
Nancy Wehrkamp
Director, OLLI
(Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute)
605.367.5640
605.367.5382
605.367.8414
605.367.5642
605.367.8415
605.367.5648
605.367.5226
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