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WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY VIOLENT CRIMES If you are being threatened with physical harm, call 9-1-1. MEDICAL EMERGENCIES If you or someone else is facing a medical emergency, call 9-1-1. FIRE If you detect smoke or a fire, call 9-1-1 immediately. Your worst enemy in a fire is time. You may have only seconds (not minutes) to evacuate a building once the alarm has sounded. • Leave the building immediately once the alarm activates. • Do not spend time looking for particular items such as backpack, purse, or phone. • Unlock and close the door to the classroom or office from which you exit. • Do not search for others within the building. • Meet at the campus designated area once you have evacuated the building. EARTHQUAKE • If an earthquake strikes take cover immediately under a sturdy object. Be prepared to move with the object and, if possible, grab the object. i Cover your head, neck and face to the fullest extent possible. • Stay away from, to the fullest extent possible, windows and items that might fall. • Do not attempt an evacuation during the earthquake. • Once the shaking stops; evacuate and remain prepared foraftershocks. • Do not move seriously injured individuals. • Provide search and rescue personnel with the last known location of any missing victim. • Once outside seek open areas away from power lines, buildings and objects that might fall. WINTER STORMS • Pay attention to weather reports and warnings of freezing weather and winter storms. • Listen for emergency information and alerts. • Sign up for your community's warning system. The Emergency Alert System (EAS). • Be prepared for winter weather at home, at work and in your car. Create an emergency supply kit for your car. Include jumper cables, sand, a flashlight, warm clothes, blankets, bottled water and non-perishable snacks. • Keep a full tank of gas. LOCKDOWN A "lockdown" is a form of "sheltering -in -place" that is a temporary technique utilized to limit human exposure to an apparent life- threatening, hostile or hazardous situation or threat. When a lockdown is declared by local police or a campus official, occupants ofany building within the impacted area are to remain in their respective spaces locking all doors and windows not allowing entry or exit to a secured area until the "all clear" confirmation has been given. Individuals may be required to move to a safe location if they are immediately adjacent to the life -threatening or hazardous situation (e.g. shooter, bomb threat, etc.). In all cases, individuals must follow directions of local law enforcement officials. Examples of life -threatening or hazardous situations that may require a campus lockdown include, but are not limited to: • Someone has a gun or weapon on campus or there is an active shooter or shots are heard on campus • Serious crime that is actively occurring on campus (e.g.: homicide, hostage situation, aggravated assault, robbery with a deadly weapon, sexual assault, etc.) • Serious crime committed in close proximity to the campus or a campus building (e.g.: homicide, hostage situation, aggravated assault, robbery with a deadly weapon, sexual assault, etc.) 51 1 faze lm rO IU't Collegu, School Catalog