This quick reference guide is designed to provide you with suggested responses to various situations based on best practices established by reputable university and non-university organizations and entities. This information is only to be used as a guide. Situational judgment is always necessary.
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| Top 3 Emergency Tips | | Fires |
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- Common Sense: Good judgment and logic lead to good decisions
- Stay Calm: Panic only leads to confusion and inactivity
- Call ESU Police X2000: Do not hesitate
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- Activate the nearest fire pull alarm
- Evacuate the building at the nearest exit; notify and help others on your way out if you are able and willing
- Close doors as you leave
- DO NOT use the elevator
- DO NOT reenter the building
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| Weather Emergency | | Suspicious Person |
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- Seek a sturdy shelter
- DO NOT attempt to leave a sheltered area to navigate through a storm
- Visit www.esu.edu for more information
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- Note specific characteristics of the person
- Notify police
- DO NOT attempt to confront, stop or apprehend the person
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| Bomb Threat | | Hostile Intruder |
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If you receive a telephoned bomb threat: Capture the phone number.*** Record the exact time the threat was received and exact words of the person making the threat. Ask the person making the threat these questions:
- When is the bomb going to explode?
- Where is the bomb?
- Did you place the bomb?
- What does it look like?
- What kind of bomb is it?
- What will cause it to explode? Why?
- Where are you calling from?
- What is your address?
- What is your name?
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If you see or are informed of an active shooter situation via text message or other communication:
- Move immediately to a securable room; close/lock/barricade the door
- Turn off lights, stay away from windows and remain calm and quiet
- DO NOT open the doors or windows to see "what's going on"
- DO NOT open the door to anyone except police
- Only contact police if you have valuable information
- Seek further information via web, telephone, text message, etc.
- Use common sense
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| Suspicious Object | | Sick or Injured Persons |
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- DO NOT touch or disturb the object
- Evacuate the area and notify others on your way out
- Call ESU police X2000
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- Determine the basic nature of the sickness or injury
- Notify police immediately
- Stay with the patient until police arrive
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*** When you hang up with the caller, dial *57 and wait for confirmation the call was captured then hang up the phone again and call University Police at 422-2000, from a different phone if possible. |
