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SAFETY

Fire

Fire Alarm:  A fire alarm is located in each hallway of the Education Building , as well as several rooms throughout the building.  When the alarm sounds, faculty, staff, and students are to leave the building immediately, regardless of whether evidence of a fire or other hazard is visible.  Authorized University personnel will determine when it is safe to return to the building.

Fire Evacuation Routes:  A map of fire evacuation routes will be posted on a bulletin board in each hallway.  Faculty and staff should be familiar with at least two routes by which they could exit the building.

Handicapped Persons:  Persons in wheelchairs and others who are unable to navigate the stairs should not use the elevator nor should they be carried down the stairs.  They should be taken to the nearest stairwell and the fire department should be notified immediately of their location.  Fire department personnel will take the responsibility for assisting them in vacating the building.

Tornado

Tornado Watch:  Conditions are such that a tornado watch could develop.  Monitor radio or television reports for changes in the weather.  A weather radio is located in Room 106.  In case of a tornado watch, you will be notified via email, and in case of a warning, you will be notified via a telephone page.

Tornado Warning:  A tornado has been sighted either visually or by weather radar.  On campus the tornado signal is a steady, high-pitched tone emitted by sirens strategically located around campus.  In addition, when the campus is in immediate danger, sirens on campus police cars will be activated. See OP 76.12 http://www.depts.ttu.edu/opmanual/OP76.12.pdf for appropriate actions to take in the event of a warning.

Security

To insure the security of the building, all offices, the administrative section of the first floor, east wing corridor, and the multimedia classrooms are locked at the conclusion of each workday.  To facilitate faculty work, appropriate keys are issued to faculty on request.  Key requests are processed in the office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Research, and Administration, room 110AA.

Do not leave individual offices unlocked when they are unattended.  Office security cannot be guaranteed.

Tips for Safety

1.                   Assign a student and a backup student that carry cellular phones to class to be the designated callers in case of an emergency.

2.                   Explain to them that they have to dial 911 and tell the person taking the call that they are on the Texas Tech Campus so they will be directed right to the TTU Police Dept.

3.                   If you make an emergency 9-911 call anywhere in the city, state, out of state, the call will go to the closest emergency center.  You must tell them where you are.  Be aware of your surroundings.

4.                   If there is an emergency and we need to clear everyone out of the building or we have some important information we need to relay quickly you will be notified via a telephone page.

5.         The Safety Coordinator for the College of Education is the Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Research, and Administration in room 110AA.

More information on security can be found in the TTU Operating Policies and Procedures, section 76-Security http://www.depts.ttu.edu/opmanual .