Emergency Preparedness @ UGA Law: Quick Reference

• Active Shooter/Active Threat
• Assisting persons with a disability during an emergency
• Bomb Threat/Suspicious package
• Fire
• Internet/Cybersecurity issues
• Medical Emergency
  • First aid kits
  • Administer AED/CPR/First aid
• Severe Weather/Natural Disaster/Winter Storm
  • Weather radios
• Student Crisis Response
• Utility Failure

Evacuate for Hirsch Hall, Annex and Dean Rusk Hall

• Use the nearest exit stairs - never an elevator.
• Proceed to assembly site
  • Primary assembly site: Quadrangle in front of the School of Law/Main Library
    • Secondary assembly site: Herty Field
    • DO NOT exit towards Herty Drive.  That walkway/driveway exclusively for emergency vehicles.
• For BOA: exit building by stairs. Cross over Clayton Street and gather together across the street from BOA.
• Emergency Floor Coordinators for Hirsch, Rusk and BOA will text Mary Beisswenger (207-7236) and she will report to Law Crisis Team

Shelter

• Shelter locations - Ground Floor of Buildings; windowless spaces
  • Law School
    • Classrooms A & B - Rooms 120 & 122
    • Student Affairs/Registrar - Rooms 109 & 110
    • Career Development meeting rooms - Rooms 110
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  • Library
    • Main building - Basement
    • Annex - first floor west hallway
  • Rusk Hall
    • Classroom K - Room 109
  • Bank of America
    • Basement of building

Contact - After evacuating or taking shelter

• UGA Police - 911
  • Non-emergency 706-542-2200
• Emergency Floor Coordinators for Hirsch, Rusk and BOA will text Mary Beisswenger (207-7236) and she will report to Law Crisis Team

Fire - Evacuate

• Evacuate building immediately – evacuation is mandatory
  • Do not use elevators
  • Take personal belongings such as keys, purses, coats that you may need
  • Do not re-enter the building for any reason until directed to do so
• Call the UGA Police at 911
• Once all the floors are cleared by Emergency Floor Coordinators and people are in the evacuation area, Mary will receive text and then you may leave the area.

Severe Weather/Natural Disaster/Winter Storm

• Tornado - Take shelter
• Earthquake - take cover immediately under a desk, chair or table. If outside, move to an open area away from buildings
• Do not use elevators
• NOAA Weather Radio Locations
  • Law School 119 (Mary Beisswenger)
  • Dean’s Office (Amy Weaver)
  • Security Desk
  • Library Circulation
  • Annex A104 (David Rutland)
  • Rusk Hall 126 (Phyllis Cooke Webb)
  • Rusk Hall 215 (Shawn Lanphere)

Medical Emergency

• Call the UGA Police at 911
• If faculty, student, staff experiences a medical emergency, Dial 911
  • Then contact Dean's Office (542-7140) and Mary Beisswenger (542-0335 or 706-207-7236)
• Administer AED/CPR/First aid
  • CPR/First Aid certified personnel
    • Law School
      • Mary Beisswenger, 706-542-0335
      • Cyndi Canup (CPR/AED only) 706-542-5185
      • Amanda Fox  706-542-5168
      • Lisa Mathis  706-542-5075
      • Sandy Ledford  706-542-3353
      • Amy Weaver  706-5226
      • Jessica Boston  706-542-5156
      • Brandi Saunders  706-542-5225
    • Law Library
      • Leslie Grove (First Aid only) 706-542-5070
      • Marie Mize, 706-542-1922
      • Szilvia Somodi  706-543-8083
    • Rusk Hall
      • Mandy Dixon   706-542-5211
      • Jessica Atkinson 706-542-1195
      • Shawn Lanphere, 706-542-9357
    • Bank of America Building
      • Sarah Ehlers  706-369-5722
  • Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
    • Hirsch Hall, Second floor, between Classroom C and near elevator
    • Rusk Hall, outside entrance to Rusk Center, near staircase
    • BOA, 
  • First aid kits
    • Law School
      • Room 242 (Administrative Services)
      • Room 109 (Registrar)
      • Room 119 (Mary Beisswenger)
    • Library
      • Circulation
      • Annex 2, Administrative Offices
      • Annex 1, Tech Services Suite Restroom
    • Rusk Hall
      • Room 215 (Shawn Lanphere)
      • Room 318 (Jessica Atkinson)
      • 4^th Floor kitchen 
• Notify your supervisor as appropriate

Internet/Cybersecurity issues

• Stop any action on your computer
• Report suspicious activity to Information Technology Services at 706-542-0895
  • Social Security Number Use and Storage

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Utility Failure

• Includes power outage, water leaks, or elevator failure
  • Gas leaks or hazardous materials - Evacuate
• During regular work hours (Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm)
  • Report utility issues to Physical Plant Work Order Desk at 706-542-7456
    • Then notify your supervisor as appropriate 
• After regular work hours, on weekends and holidays 
  • Immediately report utility failures to UGA Police, 706-542-2200
    • Then Mary Beisswenger, 706-207-0669
• Facility Management supervisor for School of Law: POSITION TEMPORARILY UNFILLED

Active shooter/Active threat - Evacuate

• If it is not possible to evacuate, lock or barricade all doors and secure/conceal yourself in a safe area with room lights and cell phone ringers turned off. Stay hidden until you get the all clear from a Police Officer.
• DO NOT pull the fire alarm to alert others of an active shooter or active threat

Civil Disturbance/Demonstration

• Call the UGA Police at 911
• Do not attempt to negotiate with an individual or crowd unless directed by UGA Police
• Be prepared to initiate evacuation procedures

Student Crisis Response

• Student appears to be an immediate threat to his or her own safety or that of others -  call UGA Police at 911
  • Then notify the Dean’s Office (542-7140) and Mary Beisswenger (706-207-7236)

Bomb Threat

• If you receive a bomb threat, remain calm and elicit as much information as possible from the caller
• Call the UGA Police at 911 - they will take charge.
  • Then notify Dean's office - 706-542-7140
• Do not open any suspicious item
• Be prepared to initiate evacuation procedures when directed by Police

Assisting persons with a disability during an emergency

• Always ask an individual with a disability how you can help before attempting any rescue technique or giving assistance
• Emergency Procedures for Students, Faculty, Staff and Visitors with Disabilities

Updated 2/2020