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Building Evacuation Procedure for Individuals with Mobility Challenges, Low Vision or Hard of Hearing

Ground Level Floors - RCC staff and faculty will guide students and staff who use mobility devices out of the building to proceed to the designated reassembly area.  If safely able to do so, RCC staff and faculty are to help ensure that people go directly to the predetermined reassembly areas in a prompt and orderly fashion.

Upper Floors - Individuals who use mobility devices should not be evacuated from non-ground floors by untrained personnel.  When safely able to do so, the individual with the mobility impairment should be advised to proceed to the nearest evacuation area, located near stairwells on non-ground level floors at the below locations:

  • TRC-A – 2nd Floor

  • TRC-C (HPC) 2nd Floor

  •  RVC-HEC – 2nd and 3rd Floors

Evacuation of Persons with Disabilities Evacuation Building Fire, Gas Leak, Bomb Threat, Post-Earthquake

  1. Remain calm and reassuring.
     
  2. Give assistance to persons with disabilities. Ask them what their needs are.
     
  3. Request assistance from those near if needed.
     
  4. Exit building if possible; if not, proceed to the nearest evacuation area or move toward the nearest marked exit (these are evacuation areas). Do not use an elevator in case of Emergency Operations Plan Page 17 fire or emergencies that might affect electricity. If sheltering indoors, seek shelter under a desk/table or stand in a corner and keep away from shelving and glass/windows. Drop, cover and hold on, use an arm to cover your head until the shaking is over.
     
  5. The wheelchair occupant or person with disability may use the building elevators only if it can be done safely.
     
  6. The wheelchair occupant or person with disability should remain in the evacuation area until rescue personnel arrive. All evacuation areas will be checked first by emergency personnel.
     

Evacuation of Persons with Disabilities Active Shooter/Violent Actor

  1. Remain calm and reassuring.
     
  2. Give assistance to persons with disabilities. Ask them what their needs are. Request assistance from those nearby if needed.
     
  3. Exit building if possible; however, consider shelter-in-place if the person with a disability has mobility issues and cannot quickly evacuate the area.