8. Emergency Preparedness & Risk Management

It is recommended that faculty review a number of basic emergency response procedures with students at the beginning of each semester.  Plans specific to your facility are available at www.baylor.edu/emergency under Building Emergency Action Plans; this information outlines the content requested below.   

Suggested Emergency Preparedness Language for Syllabi

Baylor University is committed to maintaining a safe learning environment for our community.  To be prepared for campus emergencies, you should be familiar with the University’s established emergency procedures available at www.baylor.edu/emergency. In the event of an emergency on campus, you may receive instructions from Baylor Alert, university officials, or Baylor University Police on how to respond to the situation.  It is your responsibility to know your closest evacuation route/evacuation assembly point and severe weather assembly area. 

To Report an Emergency or Suspicious Activity call the Baylor Police at 254-710-2222 or alert them via BU Guardian (Rave Guardian App). Provide the building name and room number.

Evacuation Assembly Point: Locations posted throughout each building)

Severe Weather Assembly Areas: (Locations posted throughout each building)

AED/Bleed Control Kit: (Locations posted throughout each building)

An evacuation will be considered if the building is affected, or we must move to a location of greater safety. Occupants will ALWAYS evacuate if the fire alarm sounds.  In the event of an evacuation quickly gather your belongings (if possible) and proceed to the nearest exit (primary exit).  If the primary exit is not an option use the alternate exit.  Upon evacuation, move to the designated Evacuation Assembly Point.

University officials may issue a Shelter-in-Place order due to severe weather hazards (i.e. tornado), an uncontrolled hazardous materials release, or other life-threatening event. Although Shelter-in-Place orders are extremely rare, it is important to know what to do. Move to the building’s designated Severe Weather Assembly Area. 

All members of the Baylor community should have a mobile number registered to receive Baylor Alerts, Timely Warnings, and Safety Notifications from Baylor Alert; please enter/update your Baylor Alert contact information in BearWeb.

AVOID starts with your state of mind.

• Pay attention to your surroundings.
• Have an exit plan.
• Move away from the source of the threat as quickly as possible.
• The more distance and barriers between you and the threat, the better.

DENY when getting away is difficult or maybe even impossible.

• Keep distance between you and the source.
• Create barriers to prevent or slow down a threat from getting to you.
• Turn the lights off.
• Remain out of sight and quiet by hiding behind large objects and silence your phone.

DEFEND because you have the right to protect yourself.

• If you cannot Avoid or Deny be prepared to defend yourself.
• Be aggressive and committed to your actions.
• Do not fight fairly. THIS IS ABOUT SURVIVAL.

When Law Enforcement arrives, SHOW YOUR HANDS AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.