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Mass Evacuation - Burnaby Campus
Overview
Mass evacuation is the temporary and rapid removal of all individuals within a campus. Environmental and physical hazards in the vicinity of the Burnaby campus that could result in a mass evacuation include:
- Neighouring industrial incidents
- Significant impact to air quality inclusive of hazardous material release (chemical, biological, or other hazardous substances in solid, liquid, or gaseous form)
- Forest fires
- Earthquakes
- Intentional acts
- Other hazards which constitute a health or safety risk should the campus not evacuate
Procedures
Step 1: Building evacuation
- Evacuate the building if alarm sound or when instructed to do so by emergency/safety personnel
- Exit the building via the nearest safe exit
- Close doors behind you
- Gather in your building assembly area
- Do not re-enter the building until permitted to do so by emergency/safety personnel
Step 2: Campus evacuation
- DO NOT self-evacuate to the mass assembly areas. The selection of which mass assembly area is used during the campus mass evacuation is dependent on the type and location of the hazard
- Once instructed by emergency responders, move from your building assembly area to a mass assembly area
- Follow instructions from emergency responders for safe evacuation off-campus
During an incident, always follow the directions of wardens, building evacuation coordinators, security, and/or first responders.
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