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- 1. Z. Smith Reynolds Library Emergency Procedures Safety and Security Team Members: Mary Beth Lock (Chair) 336.758.6140 Thomas Dowling 336.758.5797 Craig Fansler 336.758.5482 James Harper 336.758.5675 Mary Reeves 336.758.4713 Meghan Webb 336.758.2648
- 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: Who to Call Fire What To Do Right Away Evacuation RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVACUATION OF LIBRARY BY FLOOR Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm Sunday – Thursday 5pm – Midnight Sunday – Thursday Midnight 1:00am Sunday – Thursday 1:00am 8:00 am Saturday 10am – 7pm and Sunday 10am – 4pm Evacuation Procedure Evacuation Procedures for Handicapped Persons Tornado/Hurricane Tornado Watch: Tornado Warning: Power Failure Natural Gas Leak Medical Emergencies Care of Injured Bomb Threats Chemical/Biological Releases Active Shooter Explosions/Earthquake Water Damage How to Save Collections General Information Managing volunteers: Salvage Procedure: Process/Evaluation: Disaster Supplies Verify this Inventory of Useful Items Library Safety Equipment Water Disaster Cheat Sheet
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- 4. Who to Call University Police 911 from a campus phone (336) 7585911 from an off campus or cell phone Circulation Desk x4931 from a campus phone (336) 7584931 from an off campus or cell phone Administrative Office x5480 from a campus phone (336) 7585480 from an off campus or cell phone Disaster Team Leader x5482 from a campus phone (336) 7585482 from an off campus or cell phone Facilities Management x4255 (336) 7584255 from an off campus or cell phone Home / Cell numbers of important contacts Lynn Sutton, Dean(336) 9456341 (H) (336) 3014671 (C) Wanda Brown, Ass. Dean (336) 7859819 (H) (336) 8135093 (C) Susan Smith, Ass. Dean (336) 7826933 (C) Safety and Security Team: Mary Beth Lock (336)9238428 (H) (248) 9212411 (C) Craig Fansler (336) 9186898 (C) Thomas Dowling (614) 9750468 (C) James Harper (919) 6064613 (C) Mary Reeves (336) 7227892 (H) (336) 4134794 © Meghan Webb (336) 6825333 (C) Emergency Preservation Assistance Off Site Storage x5095 on campus or (336) 7585095 off campus Freezer Storage Company B&M Storage, 690 Gaynor Street, WinstonSalem (336) 7674900 (Julio) North Carolina Preservation Consortium
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- 6. Fire What To DoRight Away Treat Every Fire Alarm as if it were the real thing. Make sure that patrons and staff are not in danger. The library staff should not endanger themselves or others to save library materials. Safety comes first. Fire/Smoke A. If you discover a Fire (Visible Flames or Smoke) ∙ Pull the alarm and alert people in the immediate area. ∙ Call University Police at 3367585911 (from a cell phone) or 911 from campus phone. and give details of fire location. ∙ Begin evacuation. B. If you hear the fire alarm follow evacuation procedures. C. KNOW WHERE THE FIRE EXITS ARE LOCATED. If smoke is heavy, it may be necessary to crawl to the nearest exit. If you encounter fire, smoke or a hot door on your way out, take an alternate exit route. D. If fire appears to be small and easily contained, use nearest fire extinguisher. (See Maps of floors for fire extinguisher locations.) ∙ Notify the Library Dean/Administrative Office and the University Police. University Police will notify the Fire Department if necessary. E. Smoke or Burning Odor (No flames visible) . Investigate. If keys are necessary, Circulation Desk has the most complete master set. . The individual reporting incident will notify the Library Dean/Administrative Office. If fire is discovered, pull fire pull and initiate evacuation procedure. Evacuation
- 7. RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVACUATIONOF LIBRARY BY FLOOR Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm REYNOLDS WING Level 8: Thomas Dowling, Director of Technologies or Kristen Morgan, Executive Asst to the Dean. Level 7: Susan Smith, Associate Dean and/or Will Clarke, Senior Systems Administrator Level 6: Tanya ZanishBelcher, Director of Special Collections or Megan Mulder, Rare Books Librarian Level 5: Beth Tedford, Special Collections Cataloger Level 4: Mary Reeves, Coordinator for Reserves, Media and Media students, and/or Molly Keener Level 3: Craig Fansler, Preservation Librarian, James Harper, Head of Interlibrary Loan Level 2: Circulation Desk Supervisor / Circulation Desk Assistant Level 1: Ellen Makaravage, Electronic Reserves Staff WILSON WING Level 6: Vicky Johnson, Archives Librarian and/or Rebecca Petersen, Access Archivist Level 4: Roz Tedford, Director, Reference and Instruction and/or Hu Womack, Outreach Librarian Level 2: Carol Cramer, Head of Collection Management and/or Leslie McCall, Music Librarian Doug Yourke, Customer Service Supervisor, clear The Bridge. Atrium: Lauren Corbett, Director, Resource Services and/or Derrik Hiatt, Electronic Resources Librarian Level 1: Prentice Armstrong, Accountant and/or Chris Burris Head of Serials Acquisitions
- 8. Persons assigned to these positions are responsible for designating substitute(s) in the event of their absence. Sunday – Thursday5pm – Midnight REYNOLDS WING Levels 85: Evening Stacks Supervisor Levels 43: Media Student Levels 21: Circulation Students WILSON WING Level 6, 4: Reference Desk Staff/Students Atrium, Wilson 1: Evening Supervisor, Circulation Bridge, Mac Lab: Bridge staff/students Sunday – Thursday Midnight 1:00am Levels 83,1 Circ students if available Atrium Circ supervisor Bridge, Mac Lab Bridge Students Wilson Wing, 61) Reference desk students Sunday – Thursday 1:00am 8:00 am Room 401 Circ students Atrium Circ supervisor
- 9. Reference Circ students if available Saturday 10am – 7pm and Sunday 10am – 4pm (see MonThur 5midnight for Sunday after 4pm evacuation plan.) REYNOLDS WING All levels: Circ Grad student and circ students WILSON WING All levels: Reference Desk Persons assigned to these positions are responsible for designating substitute(s) in the event of their absence.
- 10. Evacuation Procedure If you are responsible for a level: A. Tell all patrons to leave by the closest exit. Do not wait for all patrons to leave. B.Check restrooms C. Clear study areas, stacks and carrels. D. Evacuate the building and report to Safety and Security Team Member outside of the library. Tell him or her the status of the area that was evacuated. Upon hearing the fire alarm, staff members complete assigned areas. Safety and Security Committee will assemble out front of the library and assign tasks to ensure that all exits are covered. Mary Reeves covers Starbucks Entrance. Thomas will cover the east entrance and try to get people to the far side to Salem Hall. Once all evacuation procedures have started, await University Police response. Staff members responsible for evacuation will report persons left behind, or handicapped persons needing assistance, to the Safety and Security Team members outside of the library. Staff will report to Directors or Director’s designee. Directors will report missing staff to Safety and Security Team member. No one will be allowed to return to the building until authorized by University Police. Evacuation Procedures for Handicapped Persons Handicapped individuals in wheelchairs should be moved into stairwells that are closed off of other areas of the library. Close doors to outside areas if necessary. Report locations of handicapped individuals to Safety and Security Team Members who will relay this information to University Police. Once additional help arrives, University Police and Emergency Personnel will move handicapped individuals out of the library. An EvacChair is located in the back of the stacks area behind the Circulation Desk. Everyone should assemble on Davis Field, near Salem Hall or on the seating area between Benson and Tribble. Remain 200300 feet from the building and await instructions. Tornado
- 11. Tornado Watch: No sightings, but weather conditions are favorable for a tornado to develop in the immediate vicinity. When a tornado watch is issued, whomever becomes aware should send a note to Libl to let people know about the threat. No action is necessary except to be prepared to act appropriately if the weather is upgraded to a warning. Tornado Warning: A warning means that a tornado has been sighted in the immediate vicinity. University Police will activate the “Wake Alert” and outside speakers as well as text messages will be sent to registered cell phones. Upon receipt, Access or Admin will send out an email to libl to notify all staff. ∙ Circulation Desk staff will use PA to announce imminent danger. Announce: “May I have your attention please! A tornado warning has been issued for Forsyth County. For your protection, please proceed to the lowest level of the library until xx time. (Insert time that weather emergency will end.) . Evacuate everyone in the Reynolds wing to Reynolds 1 (basement); evacuate everyone in Wilson to Wilson 1 (basement). See evacuation procedures, above, except, don’t go to Davis Field. If unable to get to 1st floor, head to an interior hallway. ∙ Move away from open doors and windows. ∙ Do not use electrical equipment or phones. ∙ Do not use elevators. ∙ Do not leave the building until the tornado warning is over. When the warning has ended, make another PA announcement that the threat has ended. Severe Storms/Hail/Wind/Hurricane . Monitor Weather.com for severe weather warnings . Instruct patrons/staff to move to interior of building, away from glass . Close blinds . Move out of the atrium . Turn off/unplug electrical appliances
- 12. . Avoid contact with outlets, appliances, or phones. Power Failure Circulation or Administration Office will notify Facilities Management in order to determine the cause of the failure. Circulation will consult with the Library Dean regarding evacuation. If the building is to be evacuated, the same evacuation routes established for fire should be used. University Police will prevent anyone from entering the building. Safety and Security Committee members will check the elevators for occupants. Library staff should assist patrons by directing them with flashlights which are kept on hand in each office area. (see Section 7 Floor Plans/Safety Equipment) It is the responsibility of each department to check the flashlights periodically to be sure they are in working order. Natural Gas Leak Natural gas smells like rotting cabbage. If you smell it, leave the area immediately. Send a note out to LibL. Evacuate the building using the Evacuation Procedure above. Call University Police. DO NOT use PA system. DO NOT activate fire alarm. Warn others as you leave. Medical Emergencies Call Campus Police, x5911, and request help. Careof Injured ∙ Do not move severely injured persons unless in danger of receiving further injury. ∙ Apply first aid as necessary and as you are able. ∙ Contact Circulation Desk, (x4931) to inform where emergency is. ∙ AED located across from Circulation Desk. Bomb Threats
- 13. If a suspicious object is observed, evacuate the immediate area and call 911. If a phone call bomb threat is received, immediately call 911 (or have someone else call from another line). DO NOT evacuate unless directed to do so by the University Police. If a suspicious package/object/backpack is found: . Don’t touch it . Evacuate the immediate area . Call 911 and tell them the location and appearance of object, your name, location, and phone number. Stay on the line until told you can hang up. If a bomb threat is made by phone, ask the caller, and record word for word: . When is the bomb going to explode? . Where is it located? . What kind of bomb is it? . What does it look like? . Why did you place the bomb? Keep the caller talking as long as possible. Try to determine: . Time of call . Sex and approximate age of caller . Speech pattern, accent, slurring, etc. . Emotional state of caller . Background noise Do not evacuate until told to do so by the police as evacuating before route of travel has been secured may result in greater injury/loss of life. If evacuation is ordered, follow established evacuation procedures. Do not reenter the building until directed to do so by University Police. Chemical/Biological Releases If there is a Chemical or Biological Release in or near the library, call University Police. Outdoors: If you are inside a building during releases outdoors, stay indoors, above the ground floor with fewest windows or vents. Move patrons and staff into a single room with the fewest windows or least access to the outside. (Examples: area behind the Circulation Desk, in the center stacks, in Special Collections rooms.) ∙ Seal cracks around doors and windows with material. ∙ Request Facilities, (x4255) or Fire Department, to shut off ventilation. Indoors: If the chemical/biological release is indoors, announce building evacuation over PA (see Emergency Evacuation Announcement), and leave immediately. Assemble on
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- 15. Active Shooter Shots fired sound like a popping sound. If you hear such a sound, take cover. If the shooting is coming from inside your building: . Try to get outside if you can. However, you may not be able to find a safe route out. .If you shelter in place, Lock doors and windows Turn off all lights and be quiet. Silence cell phone. Lie down on floor or hide behind furniture away from doors and out of sight of windows Remain in place until police advise you it is safe. Verify that voice commands are being issued by police, not the shooter. . If you know the shooter is nearby, call 911 (3367585911). Tell dispatcher what is happening, where you are and if anyone is hurt. Do not hang up until instructed to do so.
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- 17. Water Damage A. Water Anywhere . Notify Kristen (x4255) during business hours or the Circulation Desk at x4931 after 5pm or on weekends. . Kristen or the Circulation Desk will contact Facilites (x4255), or Campus Police (x5911) before entering area. . Do not enter the flooded area. Wait for “all clear” before beginning rescue of books/materials . B. Ceiling Leaks/Burst Pipes ∙ ∙Place plastic garbage cans appropriately to collect any falling water. ∙ Place plastic sheeting over any library materials or files in proximity to the leak. ∙ Materials on top shelves or in danger of becoming wet should be removed and stored in another location. ∙ Contact facilities to remove standing water by mopping or wet vacuuming. . If needed, turn off water supply outside of the library to prevent further water damage or accumulation. The key to the padlock is in the key cabinet behind the Circulation Desk on a pink key ring. ∙ Materials that have water damage should be removed and housed separately from dry materials. Depending on the degree of wetness, waterdamaged materials should be frozen or spread out to air dry. (see How To Save Collections) C. Flooding from Storms ∙ If possible, create a barrier to prevent additional water from entering the building. Water spreading across uncarpeted floor can be absorbed using cardboard or newspaper. ∙ If possible, place large plastic garbage cans to catch streams of water. ∙ Contact Facilities to remove standing water by mopping or wet vacuuming. ∙ Materials that have water damage should be removed and housed separately from dry materials. Depending on the degree of wetness, waterdamaged materials should be frozen or spread out to air dry. (see How To Save Collections) D. Water Damage Caused By Fire Fighting ∙ Contact Facilities to remove standing water by mopping or wet vacuuming. ∙ Materials that have water damage should be removed and housed separately from dry materials. Depending on the degree of wetness, waterdamaged materials should be
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- 19. How to SaveCollections Salvage Procedures for Water Damaged Items General Information ∙ Make an initial assessment of damage to materials based on the following questions. Begin keeping a detailed visual record (photographs, video), of the damage and the recovery process. What types of materials have been damaged? What is the nature of the damage? How extensive and severe is the damage? ∙ Based on the initial damage assessment, decide on a salvage strategy. Severe fire damage is generally irreversible; salvage is not possible. Waterdamaged materials can usually be salvaged. ∙ If water damage is present, take immediate action to lower the temperature and humidity in order to inhibit mold growth. Target temperature should be 65° and humidity at 45%. The Administrative Assistant should notify Facilities Management to adjust heat or air conditioning. Set up dehumidifiers and fans. Facilities should remove standing water by mopping or wet vacuuming. ∙ The Library Dean will decide whether the building or any part of it should be closed and whether hours and services should be curtailed. Rope off the damaged area to keep out patrons. ∙ Check frequently to make sure that measures taken to stabilize the emergency are still working. For example, is water accumulating on, or dripping around the edges of plastic sheeting covering the shelves? Are ceiling tiles collecting water that will cause them to collapse onto shelves below? ∙ Salvage of damaged materials is not possible without a substantial contribution of staff time. The following precautions should be observed when recruiting and training salvage volunteers: Managing volunteers: 1. Salvage work involves moving full book trucks and lifting boxes as well as less strenuous tasks. Wet materials are much heavier than dry ones. Volunteers should be assigned to activities appropriate to their physical capabilities.
- 20. 2. Salvage work may take place in wet, dirty, and cold surroundings. Volunteers should be instructed to dress accordingly. 3. Food and drink should be provided for volunteers, if possible. Volunteers should also be encouraged to take breaks as needed rather than working to the point of exhaustion. 4. Volunteers should be kept informed about the progress of the salvage effort so that they will feel assured that their efforts are meaningful. Salvage Procedure/Options: ∙ If salvage of waterdamaged materials is to be undertaken, decide what method(s) to use and begin making appropriate outside contacts. 1. Airdrying is the simplest and least expensive option, and it can be conducted entirely inhouse if sufficient space and staff can be made available. It is also extremely laborintensive. Treatment of all items must begin within 48 hours in order for airdrying to succeed and may result in badly distorted bindings and textblocks. Air drying is seldom successful for drying bound, coated paper. Designate a work area with plenty of space and work tables. Arrange for staff to be contacted and trained. 2. Freezing (< 32°F) Should be done within 24 hours of being damaged. It is not primarily a treatment method itself, but a way of arresting damage until treatment can proceed. Freezing halts mold growth, prevents ink from running and pages from sticking together, reduces smoke odor, and initiates the drying process. Books may be frozen indefinitely with no further damage, and all further treatment options still remain possible. Books will dry best if their bindings are supported firmly to inhibit initial swelling. 3. Vacuumfreeze drying is a commercially available service in which frozen materials are placed in a vacuum chamber so that ice crystals vaporize without melting. This process is especially appropriate for large numbers of very wet books as well as for materials made with coated paper. Freeze drying facilities are located in: 4. Other commercial drying processes include dehumidification and thermalvacuumdrying and may be appropriate in some situations. Consult vendor(s) for more information. Process/Evaluation:
- 21. I: If a little bit wet: fan out and air dry II: If very wet: box up into rescubes and send to freezer. 1. Contact Julio at B&M Cold storage, 690 Gaynor Street, (336) 7674900. 2. Gather rescubes, plastic gloves, scissors, interleaving paper, (from emergency supplies closet) and laptop with Voyager and a hand held scanner and a receipt printer. (From circulation desk.) 3. Pull a book off the shelf, wearing gloves. 4. Open Voyager circulation module. Call up patron barcode number 1234567890, (Patron name B&M Storage Emergency). Check out the book to the freezer company. 5. Wrap the book in interleaving paper. Pack books in Rescube, Spine side down. (Pack large, oversized books flat in boxes with largest book in bottom of the box. See “Packing Books” Graphic.) 6. Continue to checkout books, wrap and pack spine side down until the books line a single row, snuggly. When one box is full, use the receipt printer to print a contents list of the box. 7. When boxes are all full, transport to the freezer company using library van or university facilities transportation.
- 22. Disaster Supplies Wilson 2 Mailroom 1 Mobile Disaster Kit Reynolds 1Carrel 120 30 pasteboard boxes Reynolds 2 Gift room 2rolls paper to wrap wet books 2cases Rescubes (40) Reynolds 329 – Preservation Room 18 – Packing boxes 1 roll plastic sheeting 10x100’ Reynolds 408 – Gov. Docs Closet (AKA: The Disaster Closet) 1 – Stack of wrapping paper 6 – Rolls of packing tape 6 – Legal pads 2 – Markers 320– Packing boxes 40 Rescubes 1 box of plastic sheeting 1 First Aid Kit Reynolds 6 – Closed Stacks in Rare Books 2 – Stacks of wrapping paper 1 Boxes of plastic sheeting (10’ x 100’) 150 pasteboard boxes 1 Disaster Kit 1 First Aid Kit Library Safety Equipment
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- 24. 2. Assemble response team members, go over procedures, and the reporting structure (who’s in charge, doing recovery, etc) 3. Locate nearest disaster supplies and retrieve, also get barcode scanners, cell phone and digital camera. 4.Assess damage and assign responsibilities ● Team Leader ● Packers: properly pack materials in boxes ● Recorder: scan barcodes and record what’s in each box ● Sorter: sort into levels of moisture damage 1. When recovery is complete, records of scanned materials should be downloaded 2. Return all disaster materials to library storage 3. If necessary, transport damaged materials to freezer facility. Call B&M Storage (336) 7674900 4. Hold follow up meeting to assess recovery efforts Off Site Disasters 1. Disaster notifications should be made using the “Who To Call” list of the Disaster Plan 2. Assemble response team members at rear of library, go over procedure and the reporting structure (who’s in charge, doing recovery, etc) 3. Retrieve the Traveling Disaster Plan from the mailroom, also get barcode scanners, cell phone and digital camera. 4. Proceed to disaster location, assess damage and assign responsibilities to Disaster Team members 5. Maintain communication with library 6. Disaster recovery operations should proceed as much the as possible like an onsite disaster 7. When recovery is complete, records of scanned materials should be returned to the library for downloading 8. Return all disaster materials to library storage 9. If necessary, transport damaged materials to freezer facility. Call B&M Storage (336) 7674900