Emergency Evacuation Procedures
When required to evacuate a campus building due to an emergency event such as a building fire alarm, chemical spill, gas leak, etc. faculty, staff and students should be familiar with the following procedures to be better prepared for an emergency evacuation.
All fire alarms should be treated as an actual emergency situation and all appropriate protocols should be followed by everyone without exception.
- When the fire alarm sounds, evacuation of the building is mandatory.
- Do not use elevators.
- Contain fire by closing doors and windows prior to exiting the building.
- Take personal belongings (keys, cellphones, purses, etc.) and weather-appropriate clothing with you as you are leaving the building.
- If time permits, secure any hazardous, sensitive or confidential materials prior to leaving your area.
- Go to the nearest emergency exit of the building and proceed to the rally point.
- KNOW THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RALLY SITE FOR EACH BUILDING YOU FREQUENT DURING THE WORK DAY.
- All rally sites should be located a minimum of 150 feet from your building and must not impede the movement of emergency vehicles/responders at the site of the incident.
- If you frequent several buildings on campus and do not know where each rally site is located, please do one (1) of the following to be prepared:
- Speak with the building monitor in that building to identify the location of the rally sites
- Contact Environmental Health and Safety at 610-758-4251 or bap2@lehigh.edu
- Move 150 feet away from the building to a location that does not impede the progress of emergency vehicles or responders
- Do not re-enter the building until an "ALL CLEAR" is given to building occupants by either emergency responders or the individuals conducting the proactive emergency drill.
- With everyone's full cooperation and timely execution of an emergency drill, the "ALL CLEAR" will be given ASAP and everything can return to normal.