Tornado or Hurricane Effecting the Library

 

Immediate Response:

 

If power goes out, gather flash lights.   Flash Lights are Located:

 

a)     Behind the circulation desk on a shelf closest to the reading room

b)     By an emergency exit in technical services

c)     Under the reference desk

d)     In Glen O’Conner’s office next to the computer lab upstairs, and

e)     In the desk in the archive

 

If sever weather is imminent:

 

• Do Not call University Police.   They will already be aware of severe weather
  

• Gather the emergency bag in circulation

• Evacuate all occupants of the building to the bottom floor of the library and away from the windows.   The safest place is in the corridor between the stairs and the archive

• Zone Coordinators (Mike, Russ, Lois) will assist with the evacuation to the bottom floor

 

Secondary Response:

 

• Activate Phone Tree