Your safety is of utmost importance.  Please contact the following if in need of immediate assistance:

         Emergency Number                           911   

         CSU Police/Fire/Ambulance              1-6425        

         Environmental Health Services         1-6745

EVACUATION PLAN

1. Unit Emergency Contact persons are responsible for notifying everyone in your unit, you must be able to maintain a call list at home and at work with phone numbers and contact information.
2. DO NOT take time to turn off computers, printers, or office lights.  Close, but DO NOT lock, office door.
3. Exit the building through the closest exit.  DO NOT use the elevator.
4. All personnel should be familiar with the exit paths for their areas.  REFER TO YOUR FLOOR PLAN and be familiar with the shortest path possible.
5. Proceed in an orderly manner as quickly as possible to the nearest exit and then to the designated reporting area.
6. Stay in the designated reporting area until you are instructed to leave.  This way an accurate head count can be taken.  Faculty and Lab assistants are responsible for the students.
7. Upon arrival of University Police, the proctor will assist them in whatever manner they request or direct.  Poudre Fire Authority staff and/or the University Police will clear the building, checking elevators, areas for the use of the physically disabled, and laboratory areas in the building.

Emergency alarms being turned off DOES NOT mean the building is clear and safe to re-enter.  They are silenced so that emergency response personnel are able to communicate with each other.  DO NOT RE-ENTER THE BUILDING for any reason until instructed to do so by fire department, EHS, or police officials.

FIRE

1. Pull the red fire alarm.  Refer to the floor plan and be familiar with the nearest alarm location.  An alarm will ring at CSU police.  University Police will call the fire Department.
2. If there is immediate danger, remain calm and follow evacuation procedures and then call University Police Department at 911 from a nearby building.
3. If there IS NOT an immediate danger, call University Police Department at 911.
4. If calling 911 from a cell phone, the call will go to the Larimer County Dispatch Center.  Immediately identify your location as at CSU and you will be transferred to CSUPD Dispatch
5. Follow evacuation plan.  Listen for directions and congregate at the designated area.  Faculty and lab assistants will account for students.
6. Call the building proctor. (See emergency telephone numbers)
7. DO NOT RE-ENTER BUILDING.

Fire extinguishers are to be used only to put out a path of fire to get out of the building.  Do NOT use a fire extinguisher to put out the FIRE.

IF YOU ARE TRAPPED IN THE BUILDING…

1. If the door to the room you are in is hot to the touch and/or smoke is seeping in around it, DO NOT OPEN IT.
2. Remain calm.  Walls, ceilings, floors, and doors are designed to withstand fire for a safe period of time.
3. Pack the crack under the door with clothing or other material to keep the smoke out.
4. Let someone know you are trapped.  Call 911 and stay on the line until the dispatcher tells you to hang up.  If there is no phone available, yell out the window, wave out the window to gain attention.
5. If calling 911 from a cell phone, the call will go to the Larimer County Dispatch Center.  Immediately identify your location as at CSU and you will be transferred to CSUPD Dispatch
6. Stay low to the floor near the window as the smoke will fill higher areas first.

EARTHQUAKE

1. Take cover under heavy furniture – a table, desk, or bench – or within a doorway.
2. Keep away from glass.
3. Wait for quake or tremor to subside and all falling objects to come to rest.
4. For small quakes and tremors with NO apparent damage, return to normal activities, building proctors will survey entire building for possible damage such as; leaking pipes, fallen books, etc.  All proctors will meet in designated areas to report damages to University Police.
5. Remain calm.
6. If damage appears heavy, evacuate ONLY when notified by University Police that it is safe to leave.
7. Proceed immediately to designated area.
8. Stay away from electrical power sources, fallen lines, buildings, or other tall objects.
9. Do NOT smoke.  Gas lines may have ruptured.

FLOODING

INTERIOR FLOODING

1. Evacuate the affected area.
2. Report to designated area.
3. Call Facilities for assistance in having water shut off.
4. Call University Police at 911 from a near by building and have the following information available; where the flooding occurred, if there are any injuries and stay on the line until you are told to hang up.
5. If calling 911 from a cell phone, the call will go to the Larimer County Dispatch Center.  Immediately identify your location as at CSU and you will be transferred to CSUPD Dispatch
6. Stay away from all power (electrical) sources.
7. Stay away from utility vaults.

EXTERIOR FLOODING

1. Remain calm.
2. Call University Police at 911 and let them know what building you are in, how high the water is, and how many people are with you.
3. If calling 911 from a cell phone, the call will go to the Larimer County Dispatch Center.  Immediately identify your location as at CSU and you will be transferred to CSUPD Dispatch
4. If there is water all around the building, proceed to the roof of the building or the highest point accessible.
5. If there is water on only one side of the building, proceed in an orderly fashion out of the building exit that has NO water.
6. Immediately go to the highest area possible.

MEDICAL

1. Remain calm.
2. Call 911 and stay on the line until the dispatcher tells you to hang up.
3. If calling 911 from a cell phone, the call will go to the Larimer County Dispatch Center.  Immediately identify your location as at CSU and you will be transferred to CSUPD Dispatch
4. Do NOT move the victim or give first aid unless you are trained and certified to do so.
5. Remain with the victim and try to keep the victim warm and alert by talking with them until emergency response teams arrive.

TORNADOS AND WINDS

1. Proceed to the nearest interior room that has been designated as a tornado evacuation point and close the door (Refer to floor plan or the basement).  If at all possible have a phone, radio, flashlights and first aid kits available.
2. Contact University Police at 911.
3. If calling 911 from a cell phone, the call will go to the Larimer County Dispatch Center.  Immediately identify your location as at CSU and you will be transferred to CSUPD Dispatch
4. Monitor the storm by listening to the radio.  DO NOT LEAVE THE TORNADO EVACUATION POINT SAFE AREA UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO.  University Police and Poudre Fire Authority will be making rounds throughout campus determining damages and will contact you when it is safe to leave the building.  This may take a while, so remain in the designated area until you are contacted to leave.  There may be structure damage.

NOTE:  Tornadoes have been known to leave the ground and come back down again in a matter of minutes or even as long as half an hour.  Remain in the designated area until notified by University Police or Poudre Fire Authority that it is safe to leave.

BOMB THREAT

1. Locate the FBI Bomb Data Questionnaire and fill it out while talking to the caller.  If questionnaire is not immediately available, record every word spoken by the caller and any background noises.  Then immediately fill out Bomb Threat Questionnaire.
2. Alert a co-worker via note (if possible) while on the line with the bomb threat.  Have co-worker call University Police at 911 and have the following information available; where the bomb threat is, who is taking bomb threat call, an estimate of how many people are in the building, and have them stay on the line until the dispatcher tells them to hang up.
3. If calling 911 from a cell phone, the call will go to the Larimer County Dispatch Center.  Immediately identify your location as at CSU and you will be transferred to CSUPD Dispatch
4. Notify the department head.
5. Notify the building proctor.
6. Evacuate the building immediately.

OTHER EMERGENCIES

ASSAULT, HARASSMENT, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, MUTILATION, VANDALISM, PROBLEM PATRONS, AND THEFT: 

1. Call University Police immediately at 911.
2. Notify the building proctor.
3. Observe suspicious persons but DO NOT TRY TO DETAIN THEM.
4. Ask the victim to remain until University Police arrive.
5. Obtain names, addresses, and telephone numbers of witnesses.

POWER FAILURE

1. Facilities maintenance will be contacted by designated departmental personnel.
2. University Police will be contacted by designated departmental personnel after normal working hours and on the weekends.

SNOW EMERGENCY

1. Administration will inform you of any closures during normal business hours.
2. In a severe storm, Housing Management along with other University operations, will coordinate food and shelter as necessary.

AVIAN FLU EMERGENCY PLAN

1. It is the responsibility of faculty and staff to notify the Department if they become ill with Avian flu.
2. It is the responsibility of staff to notify the Environmental Health Department if they become aware of cases of avian flu.
3. We will follow university administration procedures and directives for shutting the department down.  The Director will communicate this information to staff via email and/or phone tree.
4. Unit critical services are those provided by the administrative staff in the front office.  Staff have been cross-trained on critical activities to cover any absences.  In the event the university cancels all classes, shuts down, or directs employees to stay home, all activities can be handled electronically from off-site.  It is the responsibility of the Director and the Department Administrative Assistant to ensure these functions are maintained.