EMERGENCY EVACUATION GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

BE PREPARED

1. Meet with CR Security staff to review the best evacuation routes for the buildings you will be using.
2. Persons who are deaf may wish to prepare a written card requesting non-verbal emergency assistance and guidance (in writing or gesture).
3. Persons using a power wheelchair should consider scheduling battery recharging on a regular basis before leaving home.
4. Provide contact information for accessible transportation services should personal vehicles be inaccessible.
5. If you are blind or low vision, learn the location of the exits in advance.
6. If you have a personal attendant, family member or friend who cares for you, make arrangements before an emergency for her to check on you immediately after an emergency.

IN AN EMERGENCY

1. Give clear requests for assistance (verbally or in writing) and explicit directions on how you want assistance.
2. Persons who have mobility disabilities please note that if you are in an elevator CR will be installing mechanisms for emergencies that will automatically send the elevator to the first floor and open the doors.
3. In the case of a power outage during daylight and you are on the second floor you may choose to wait near a window where there is natural light and access to a working telephone. Be sure to inform others leaving the building of your decision and ask them to inform the Security Office of your location.
4. If there is a power outage and an evacuation has been ordered, or if the outage occurs at night, call CR Security at 4112 from a campus phone to request evacuation assistance.
5. If assistance is not immediately available and you cannot exit the building you should remain calm and move to the safest area possible such as an enclosed stairwell, the elevator lobby, or an office with the door shut which is a good distance from the hazard and away from falling debris. Rescue personnel will first check all exit corridors and stairwells for those trapped.
6. Continue to call for help or use a whistle or noisemaker until rescued.

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