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Assembly Area Guidelines
- Choose a location comprised of open space, easy access from your building, and capable of holding all of your structures occupants safely.
- Establish a primary and secondary meeting place that you have pre-identified. A secondary meeting place should be established in the event of unplanned circumstances or if condition changes warrant abandoning your primary site.
- Meeting places should be at least 50 ft from the building under normal circumstances, and 1.5 times the height of the building if there is fear of a collapse. (This should factor in when choosing a secondary meeting place.)
- Do not evacuate to locations where emergency personal will respond such as: roadways, parking lots, near fire hydrants, or obstructing fire department connections (FDC’s).
- Do not evacuate to an open area contained within a structure(s), i.e. garden area or courtyard.
- Your building’s Responder Liaison is responsible for making contact with emergency crews and providing updates to those evacuated regarding re-entry of the building or the need for further evacuation. The Responder Liaison should have an alternate person identified as part of your EAP planning process in the event they are not in the building at the time of an emergency. (See Responder Liaison roles and responsibilities in the revised EAP.)
- Regularly practice evacuations, gathering at your meeting place, and performing an accountability check of employees, students, and staff. This will ensure a greater level of success in the event of an actual emergency.
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