Health Professions Center
- When an evacuation alarm sounds (for example, a fire alarm) or an immediate evacuation is ordered by USI Office of Public Safety or local emergency response personnel, all faculty, staff, students, student workers, patients, and visitors are to IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE THE BUILDING.
- Follow established evacuation routes or use the quickest exit from the building.
- See the maps (at right and below) showing the evacuation routes and emergency assembly areas. In addition, copies of the map are posted by all exits.
- Immediately following an emergency evacuation, all personnel and visitors should proceed to their designated Evacuation Assembly Area for head count purposes and to await further instructions.
- If you are in the Basement or Lower Level of the Health Professions Center, your evacuation route takes you outside through the basement doors and your Evacuation Assembly Area is to the West of the building to the grassy area behind the Science Center.
- If you are on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd floors, those persons on the East side of the Health Professions Center (the side closest to the University Boulevard) will evacuate through either East side main entrances and proceed to the Health Professions Center Lawn, the grassy area along the University Boulevard which is your Evacuation Assembly Area.
- If you are on the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd floors, those persons on the West side of the Health Professions Center (the back side of the building closest to the woods) will evacuate through either West side main entrances and proceed to your Evacuation Assembly Area which is to the West of the building to the grassy area behind the Science Center.
- Designated persons are to sweep their area to make sure everyone is out.
- Director of Advising = Advising Center
- LRC Director/Student Worker on Duty = LRC/Clinical Simulation
Center - Dental Clinic Admin. Assistant/Adj. Faculty = Dental Clinic
- 2nd Floor Admin. Assistants = 2nd Floor
- Faculty teaching classes = Classrooms
- Computer Tech = Lower Level/Student Health Center
- 3rd Floor Admin. Assistant = 3rd Floor
- Do not lock doors. First responders need free access to all rooms in the building.
- If you are able, assist the disabled, older adults, and pregnant women to safety on a stairwell landing, and proceed to contact USI Office of Public Safety for further assistance.
- An evacuation alarm does not necessarily end the workday. Refer to Section II for further information.
- DO NOT RETURN TO AN EVACUATED BUILDING unless directed to do so by USI Office of Public Safety.
- Call USI Office of Public Safety
- 7777 from a USI phone
- 812-492-7777 or 812-464-1845 using a cell phone
- Campus Emergency Phone (blue)
