NCJ Number
112133
Journal
Campus Law Enforcement Journal Volume: 18 Issue: 3 Dated: (May-June 1988) Pages: 31-32
Date Published
1988
Length
2 pages
Annotation
The campus police of the l'Universite du Quebec a Montreal have developed a detailed network of volunteers to provide for the efficient evacuation of all university buildings under various threats.
Abstract
Justifications for evacuation include bomb threats, fire, chemical spills, toxic fumes, and major electrical breakdowns. Three security officers have been trained to recruit volunteers from among campus employees in the various buildings. The volunteers are trained and supplied with evacuation equipment. There is a coordinator for each of the 20 buildings, and a supervisor for each floor. Volunteers are assigned to take care of handicapped people in an evacuation. Training of volunteers involves assignments for each team, explanation of evacuation procedures, and a review of floor plans. Training also includes a dry exercise, in which teams run through their assignments without involving actual building evacuations. Periodically, drill evacuations are performed which involve actual emptying of the buildings. Since the university has three day care centers with 125 children, provision is made for them to be picked up by car should an evacuation occur on an extremely cold day. The children will be taken to nearby churches and health facilities. Steps in the evacuation procedure are outlined.