EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION – SYLLABUS INSERT
Instructor: ________________________________ Course: ______________________________
Building/Room#: ___________________________
EMERGENCY NUMBERS Emergency Line Info Numbers
All Campus: 911 Denton: 940-898-3430
Denton Campus DPS: 940-898-2911/Campus Phone: 81-2911 Dallas: 214-689-6631
Dallas Campus DPS: 214-689-6666/Campus phone: 82-6666 Houston: 713-794-2310
Houston Campus DPS: 713-794-2222/Campus phone: 84-2222
Fire
Leave the building immediately using the closest exit, closing doors behind you
Call DPS or 911 when safe to do so
Assemble in a pre-designated evacuation assembly area
Re-enter the building only when cleared by DPS officials
Do not assume an alarm is false
USE STAIRS, do not use elevators
If unable to exit the building, go to the nearest exit stairwell or safe
area of refuge and call DPS or 911 to report your location
Nearest emergency exit: ___________________________________________________________________
Pre-designated evacuation assembly area: ____________________________________________________
Tornadoes
Severe weather, such as tornadoes, can require us to seek immediate shelter. Once a tornado warning is issued, it is
imminent to take shelter-in-place actions.
Shelter-in-place for Tornado Warnings:
Seek shelter indoors in a severe weather area
Move to a windowless interior room away from hazardous materials
Take cover under a sturdy object or against an interior wall
Wait for the all clear from Pioneer Alert before leaving shelter
Active Assailant
If an active assailant is in your vicinity, call 911 when it is safe to do so and provide information, including the location and
number and description of assailant(s), weapons used, and number of potential victims.
If in the same building as the assailant:
Run: If it is safe to do so, try to get out of building. Have an escape route and plan in mind; leave your belongings
behind; follow instructions of police officers
Hide: If evacuation is not possible, find a place to hide where the active shooter is less likely to find you. Hide out of the
assailant’s view; lock the doors; block entry to your hiding place; silence your phone; wait for law enforcement
Fight: As a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger, attempt to disrupt and/or incapacitate the assailant
by: acting as aggressively as possible against him/her; yelling; throwing items and improvising weapons; and commit to
your actions
If in a different building than assailant:
Stay in room and lock and/or barricade door upon alert of an active assailant situation
Turn out lights in room and do not stand near windows
Be silent and keep others out of room
Remain in room until all clear alert
Emergency Communications
Pioneer Alert is the university’s notification system that sends emergency alerts to phones, email, and
university computers. Maintain updated information through Pioneer Portal
Emergency Line Information Numbers will have messages regarding closures or delays caused by weather
Follow @TWUReady for preparedness tips, weather information, and emergency notification tweets
Media Outlets, such as WFAA, KDFW, KXAS, KHOU, FOX 26, will be provided campus closure information
For additional information about what to do before, during, and after an emergency, review the TWU Emergency
Guidebook in classrooms or online at http://www.twu.edu/media/emergency-management/documents/TWU-
Emergency-Guidebook.pdf
For help with severe weather areas: http://twu.edu/emergency/building-maps/
For more information contact Emergency Management at 940-898-3367 or email twuready@twu.edu.
Closest severe weather area location:
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