08/30/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/30/2024 09:13
Dear students, faculty and staff,
To meet state and federal regulations, the Environmental Health and Safety Office, in coordination with UIC Police and Facilities Management, will conduct evacuation drills for campus buildings beginning Tuesday, Sept. 10, through Thursday, Sept. 12, during the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
The hospital, medical clinics and UIC School of Law will not participate. Also, the following list of buildings will not participate as they have already participated in an evacuation drill or already have a scheduled evacuation drill for the current year:
All other buildings will have an evacuation drill on one of the above dates.
A building evacuation goes into effect in the event of a fire or other emergency that requires all occupants to leave the building to ensure their safety.
Please refer to your building-specific Emergency Action Plan and Emergency Evacuation Route maps to see the evacuation routes and designated Evacuation Assembly Area where building occupants should go immediately after leaving the building after an evacuation due to fire or other emergency. Evacuation maps are posted by the main elevator lobby of each floor in all buildings and in the main lobby of buildings that do not have an elevator. In addition, please review the building evacuation guidelines below:
It is very important to treat each fire alarm as a true emergency. It is safer to evacuate and find out there is no emergency than to remain in the building and find out there is one.
To learn more about your Emergency Action Plan, we encourage you to review the short online training course "UIC Emergency Action Plan Training." If you would like to help the campus community by serving as a Floor Evacuation Monitor, please complete the online training "Emergency Evacuation Assistance Training for Floor Monitors."
The building-specific Emergency Action Plans, Emergency Evacuation Route maps and the online training courses can all be found on the Environmental Health and Safety website.
If you have questions about evacuation procedures, please contact UIC Fire Marshal Mark Gaunky.
Sincerely,
John Coronado
Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services
For more information, please contact:
Sherry Krsticevic
[email protected]