In advance of an emergency, determine the nearest exit to your location and the best route to follow. Assist anyone with special needs.

If time permits during evacuation, secure your workplace and take personal items such as keys, purse, medication, and glasses. In fire conditions, evacuate immediately leaving personal items behind.

Go to your designated safe zone. The Building Contact will take an accounting of those present. No one is to leave area or campus until they have been accounted for.

In most emergencies, complete evacuation of the campus is not necessary. If, however, there is a major hazardous materials release, flood, or other MAJOR incident, it may be necessary to relocate all College personnel to a safe location.

Evacuation From a Building:
1)    Walk, do not run. Do not panic.
2)    Do NOT use elevators.
3)    Assist people with special needs.
4)    Gather outside at a designated safe zone area. Once there, your Building Contact or Supervisor will take roll and account for all personnel.
5)    If you cannot return to your building, wait for instructions from AWC Campus Police.

On-and Off-Campus Staging Areas:
In the event of an immediate, life-threatening emergency during which the entire campus must be evacuated in a matter of minutes, an off-campus staging area may be located at: Otondo Elementary School.

(If this staging area is unavailable, the AWC Campus Police Department will announce another location as soon as possible).

1)    Take all necessary steps to get to the staging area.
2)    Once there, register with the Red Cross or other assistance organization.

(It is important that everyone check-in to ensure personnel are accounted for when family or friends call to determine the whereabouts of loved ones).