Emergency management
PLAN. PREPARE. EDUCATE.
Emergency management maintains, coordinates, and supports the planning, training, and exercises to prepare the University in the event of natural disasters or human-caused emergencies.
Be Prepared
Emergency Operations Plan
What it is
The UAF EOP is a document that uses an all-hazards approach to establish policies and responsibilities for University staff and faculty in the event of an emergency.
What it is for
The UAF EOP explains how the University will manage emergencies on any of the University campuses through the preparedness, mitigation, and response and recovery phases in order:
- Protect life, property and the environment
- Promote safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors
- Describe the mechanisms for disaster response coordination among University staff and volunteers, local government and first responders in the management of emergencies or disasters
- Assign emergency management tasks to University staff and faculty as appropriate for response to natural and man-made hazards.
Emergency Action Plans
EAPs will be added as they are edited for each building. If you need yours sooner, please send an email to uaf-oem@alaska.edu. Policy regarding the emergency action plans.
AFES West Ridge Greenhouse
AKASOFU Building
Alfred Owen Building
Alaska State Virology Laboratory
Aleutian-Pribilof Center
Alfred A. Owen Storage
Arctic Health Research Building
Atkinson Building
Aurora Building
Bartlett Hall
Bioscience Research and Diagnostics Facility (BIRD)
Bristol Bay Campus
Brooks Memorial Mines Building
Bunnell Building
Bunnell House
Butrovich Building
Chapman Building
Combined Heat and Power Plant
Constitution Hall
Community and Technical College (CTC)
CTC Aviation Facility
Cooperative Extension Service
Davis Concert Hall, see Fine Arts, Music and Concert Building
Duckering Building
Eielson Building
Elvey Building
Energy Technology Facility
Engineering Learning and Innovation Building - See Usibelli Engineering Learning and Innovation Building
Fine Arts, Music and Concert Building
Fine Arts, Theater, KUAC and Great Hall Complex
Harwood Hall
Hess Village
Hutchinson Career Center
Irving I Building
Irving II Building
Kuskokwim Campus
Large Animal Research Station (LARS)
Lathrop Hall
Lola Tilly Commons
Margret Murie Life Sciences Building
McIntosh Hall
Moore Hall
Murie Building, see Margret Murie Life Sciences Building
Museum of the North
Nerland Hall
O'Neill Resources Bldg
Patty Center
Patty Ice Arena
Physical Plant
Power Plant, See Combined Heat and Power Plant or Atkinson Building
Rasmuson Library
Reichardt Building
Rural Ed Center Bristol Bay, See Bristol Bay Campus
Rural Ed Center Tok, See Tok Center Garage
Signers' Hall
Skarland Hall
Stevens Hall
Stuart Hall
Student Recreation Center
Tok Center Garage
Usibelli Engineering Learning and Innovation Building
University Park building
Walsh Hall
West Ridge Research Building (WRRB)
Whitaker building
Wickersham Hall
Wood Center
Emergency Response Guide
- Leave using the nearest exit and close the door.
- Do not use elevators.
- Take personal belongings (keys, purse, wallet, etc.).
- Follow directions given by emergency personnel.
- Assist people with disabilities.
- Go to your building’s predetermined meeting location, and stay there until given further instructions.
- Pull the nearest fire alarm and call 911.
- Evacuate the building, go to your predetermined meeting
location, and count your team members. Stay there until
all members are accounted for. - Tell emergency personnel if someone is in the building.
- Do not enter the building until emergency personnel
say it is safe to do so.
- Run: If you can, escape to a safe location.
- Hide/barricade: If you can’t run, find a place to hide
and/or barricade. Silence cell phones, lock and block
doors, turn off lights. - Fight: As a last resort, if your life is in danger, use any
available objects as weapons to distract, disarm, disable
and overcome the intruder. - Assess: Look for ways to improve your situation. For
example, if you are hiding and it is now safe to run, do so. - Call 911: If it’s safe to do so, call police and give them as
much information as possible.
- Move away from glass windows and doors.
- Duck under a table or desk or get along an inside wall —
not in a doorway. - Stay under cover and hold on until the shaking stops.
- After the shaking stops, check yourself and others for
injuries, and move toward the nearest exit. - Evacuate the building.
- It’s OK to inquire if you can provide assistance, but do
not physically confront the person. - Do not let anyone into a locked building or office.
- Do not block the person’s access to an exit or attempt
to restrain him or her. - Call 911. Provide as much information as possible about
the person and direction of travel. If you see a vehicle,
license plate numbers are extremely helpful.
- Every effort is made to keep the university open during
extreme weather. - Monitor local television, radio stations and social media
for announcements. - Visit for updates.
- Close and lock all windows and doors.
- Depending on the situation, take cover behind or beneath a sturdy object.
- Stay put, and wait for instructions.
CALL 911
Cardiac arrest
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- Assess the scene for danger (electrical causes, etc.).
- Start hands-only CPR and don’t stop.
- Send someone for an automated external defibrillator.
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- Apply firm, direct pressure to the wound with a clean cloth. Elevate if possible.
- Immobilize the body part.
- Keep the person as comfortable as possible.
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- Remove the source of the burn unless the source is electrical.
- If safe to do so, flush the area with cold water.
- Do not apply dressings, creams or lotions.
Where to find information during an emergency
- UAF on Alert:
- Facebook and Twitter: @uafairbanks
- UAF Police Department: 474-7721
- Facilities Services Dispatch: 474-7000
- Refer reporters to the incident public information officer or a University Relations representative.
- Visit University Relations for contact information or email uaf-news@alaska.edu.