Personal Safety and Security UTAS

When to Lockdown • If there is a threat to life or safety where evacuation is not safe • If advised by the Emergency Response Team or the responding Emergency Services How to Lockdown • Move from common areas and blinds and cover windows to limit the visibility • Silence all communication and electrical devices • If you are required to communicate, do so via text message corridors into offices and safer rooms • Lock and barricade doors, draw In the event of a hazardous material spill: • Notify all persons in the immediate area, extinguish all ignition sources (including electrical outlets) • Evacuate the area and notify Safety and Security • Do not attempt to clean up unless you are trained • If in a lab, continue to run the fumehoods and press the red emergency stop button • If evacuating, always stay upwind of the spill/leak • Do not re-enter the affected area

LOCKDOWN A Lockdown is the movement and confinement of students and staff to an indoor area because an external threat exists.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS / CHEMICAL SPILLS Hazardous material spills present a serious risk of fire, explosion or adverse toxic effects such as suffocation.

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