Risk Management and Compliance
Emergency Building Evacuation Procedures
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY
All College facilities are maintained and operated as safely as possible. However, there may be times when it is necessary to evacuate college buildings due to an emergency or in case of an emergency drill. When this happens, all building occupants need to be prepared to evacuate college buildings quickly and in an orderly manner. The following information and procedures are prepared so all occupants will know what to do in case of an emergency.
General Information
All college buildings on the Bentonville Campus, except the Washington County Center and The Adult Education Center are equipped with fire suppression sprinkler systems. Bentonville Campus buildings have emergency evacuation alarm systems built into the buildings. At other college facilities other alarm procedures would be used to signal building evacuation.
Our college Public Safety Officers, college Physical Plant employees and building Emergency Evacuation Directors and Coordinators are all trained to assist building occupants to safely evacuate the building.
Take the time to become familiar with your surrounding inside college buildings. Know where stairways and exits are. In case of emergencies, building elevators will not be in use.
Building Evacuation Procedures
- When the emergency evacuation signal is sounded in any college building, immediately evacuate the building by going to the nearest exit. Remember that building elevators are not in use during an emergency evacuation. Do not take excessive time to gather personal belongs. In an emergency, time is of the essence. The evacuation signals for college buildings are:
| Building |
Evacuation Signal |
| Burns Hall |
Siren and flashing white lights. Audible and scrolling instructions to evacuate the building. |
| Shewmaker Center, Student Center and Maintenance Building |
Siren, flashing white lights and audible and scrolling instructions to evacuate the building. |
| Adult Education Center, Washington County Center, Rogers Non-Profit Center, Springdale JTL Building and College at the Crossing. |
Emergency horn and audible instructions to evacuate the building. |
- Emergency Evacuation Directors and Coordinators assigned to specific sections of college buildings will assist building occupants who need help evacuating college buildings or going to a place of safety inside the building. Class instructors and department supervisors can assist these Coordinators by helping to identify building occupants who do need assistance.
- Once outside the building go to the nearest safe assembly area beyond the building parking lots and wait there for further instructions or until the "all clear signal" is given to return to the building.
- Do not go to your automobile or attempt to leave the college campus until the "all clear" sign is given. We want to be able to account for all building occupants once everyone is outside the building. Emergency vehicles entering college parking lots could be hampered if automobiles were leaving the parking lots. In the event of a fire, hoses will be spread across the parking lots and exits blocking automobile traffic.
Thank you for your cooperation in observing these procedures. If you have any questions regarding this information or procedures please contact us as soon as possible. Thank you.
Gary Dennis
Director of Public Safety
619-3121
or
Steve Pelphrey
Executive Director for Risk Management and Compliance
619-4127
For questions/comments on this content, please contact Steve Pelphrey.
This page was last updated on: December 21, 2009 @ 8:51 am
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