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WILLIAM A. AND GAYLE K. COOK HALL EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN SPECIAL NOTICE: Use 911 for serious injury, fire, explosion, hazardous material release,
or suspicious persons. Chemical spills notification should go to 456 and/or 1-5581.







WILLIAM A. AND GAYLE K. COOK HALL


EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN





Department of Materials Science and Engineering







Cook Hall houses three clean rooms and many labs where biological and chemical research is
carried out. Occupants are expected to learn building safety procedures and to follow the
instructions of wardens and safety contacts in any drill or evacuation.









Prepared by the

Cook Hall
Safety
Committee


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COOK HALL EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLAN



CONTENTS


I.
Introduction
3

II.
Building Safety Organization
3

III.
What To Do When An Alarm Sounds
4

VI.
Evacuation Routes
6

V.
Safety Wardens
6

VI.
Command Post
7

VII.
Terminating the Evacuation
8

VIII.
Drills
8

IX.
Building Safety Features
9

X.
Power Failure
10

XI.
Bomb Threat
11

XII.
Tornado
11

XIII. Cook Hall Fire Alarm
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I. INTRODUCTION

This is the emergency evacuation plan for William A. and Gayle K. Cook Hall. Successful
emergency evacuation of the building depends on prompt and correct decisions of the
occupants and their immediate actions during the first minutes of the incident. In an
emergency situation, building occupants are on their own until first responders arrive. First
responders may include University Police, Research Safety, Facilities Management, and the
Evanston Fire Department. In most cases, University Police are likely to arrive first.

This manual provides information you should have to ensure your safety if an emergency
occurs for which evacuation is required. Please read the entire manual so you will know how
to respond to emergency situations. If you need more information about your local emergency
plans, consult with your group safety contact, safety warden, supervisor or your department's
safety committee representative.

For further information on general safety and fire protection, call Risk Management's Division
of Safety and Loss Prevention, at 1-3253. For information regarding chemical, biological, or
radiation hazards, consult the Universitys Hazard Communications Program or contact the
Office of Research Safety at 1-5581.


II.
BUILDING SAFETY ORGANIZATION

The building safety committee is responsible for developing safety policies and procedures that
affect all occupants of the building, and it is responsible for ensuring that they are implemented
in the resident departments. The committee wrote this manual and reviews it on an annual
basis. When emergencies occur, the committee reviews the actions of both building occupants
and emergency responders, identifies any deficiencies in the plan or its execution and
recommends any changes to correct them.

Each department with occupants in the building has a representative on the committee.
Facilities Management, the Office of Research Safety, and Risk Management's Safety and Loss
Prevention Division have ex officio members. The chairperson is selected by agreement of the
deans of the schools occupying the building.

A Building Manager and a Building Manager Alternate are appointed by deans or department
heads from among the committee members. These persons function as communication
managers during emergencies.

The Building Manager and alternate maintain a telephone tree call list. The telephone tree call
list is used to inform building occupants of building evacuations, power failures, or other
incidents. This may be especially important for persons who have critical equipment or
processes that need attention during the emergency.
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III.
WHAT TO DO WHEN AN ALARM SOUNDS

Always take alarms seriously. Unless an alarm has been immediately preceded by an
announcement that it is a test, you should assume that it is real, and either evacuate the
building or standby and prepare to evacuate, as instructed.

In case of power failure, the fire alarm and hazardous materials alarm systems will
automatically switch to battery power or emergency generator and will continue to operate.

Alarms are automatically transmitted to the University Police, who will dispatch officers to the
scene.


A. Fire Alarm. The fire alarm system is zoned. This means that the zone where a
detector is triggered will alarm independently of the other zones.


1. Alarm In Your Zone. If you are in the zone that is in alarm you will hear the
following message in a female voice:

"May I have your attention, please. A fire emergency has been
reported in the building. While this is being verified, please
leave the building by the nearest available exit or exit stairway.
Do not use the elevators."

When you hear this message you should do an orderly shutdown of your equipment or
processes (provided it does not take more than a few seconds). Close windows, lock
doors and leave the building by your primary or alternate evacuation route. Go to your
designated rally (meeting) point, and wait for further instructions.


2. Alarm Outside of Your Zone. If you are outside of the zone in alarm you will hear
the following message in a male voice:

"May I have your attention, please. A fire emergency has been
reported in the building. While this is being verified, please
prepare for possible evacuation and stand by for further
instructions."

When you hear this message, you should prepare for the orderly shutdown of
equipment or processes in anticipation of having to evacuate. Listen carefully to the
announcement and leave the building if instructed to do so. Lock doors as you leave.
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A word about fire extinguishers: Only NU-trained personnel should use fire
extinguishers. Make sure someone sounds the alarm. Do not put yourself at risk. Never
let a fire get between you and the exit. If one fire extinguisher is not enough, close the
door and leave the area. Even if you put out the fire, University Police must be
notified. They will check to make sure the fire has not spread through concealed
spaces. Alert Facilities Management so that the extinguisher can be recharged.

B. Hazardous Materials Alarm. The cleanroom facilities on the fourth floor and the
penthouse have their own Cleanroom Emergency Response Team (CERT) and a
hazardous materials alarm which is activated upon sensing specified levels of
hazardous gases in those areas. The levels that trigger the alarm are very conservative
and an alarm does not mean that there is an imminent threat to health. Outside
consultants have determined that floors below the cleanrooms are unaffected by
cleanroom incidents. You should always evacuate, however, if instructed to do so.

If the hazardous materials alarm goes off, everyone in the building will hear the
following message in a male voice:

"May I have your attention, please. A hazardous materials
emergency has been reported on the fourth and fifth floors.
Please evacuate the fourth and fifth floors immediately by the
nearest exit stairway. All other building occupants should
prepare for possible evacuation and stand by for further
instructions. Do not use the elevators."

When this alarm sounds, all non-emergency personnel on the fourth and fifth floors
should do an orderly shutdown of equipment and processes, descend to the third floor
or below and report to their designated meeting point. Wardens will be posted at the
stairways. Only those with proper CERT IDs will be allowed on the upper stairs.

In the event that a hazardous materials incident escalates to a more serious level, a
general building evacuation alarm will be activated. This notification will be given in
the female voice. At that point all building occupants should immediately evacuate by
the nearest exit stairway and report to their designated meeting point outside Cook.

C. Assisting Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities may need assistance during evacuations. If you feel you
would need assistance during an emergency, or if someone in your group might, you
should contact your department's safety committee representative about developing an
evacuation plan. Safety wardens should be informed about persons with unique needs
who are in their areas, and should be knowledgeable of any special evacuation plans.

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IV. EVACUATION
ROUTES

A. Primary and Alternate Routes. The primary evacuation route is the nearest means of
egress from the area. The alternate route is a route that can be used if the primary route
is blocked by fire or smoke or is otherwise untenable. Means of egress to a safe
location may be:

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