Evacuation Planning Guide for Stadiums

• Evaluate incidents that might occur outside the stadium (i.e., loss of area power)
that may impact the communications within the stadium during an evacuation.
• Identify primary and secondary means of evacuation communications.
• Consider the use of “foot runners/dispatchers” to distribute information during a
power failure.
• Contact local emergency management agencies to ensure that the evacuation
communications protocols are in line with those of the emergency responders and
local, State and Federal emergency management agencies.
• Develop a plan for enhancing, procuring, leasing, or sharing necessary
communications technologies for evacuation activities.
• Establish evacuation and information sharing communication protocols for
different communication media.
• Ensure redundant evacuation communication capibilities and interoperability with
those of local and private sector response organizations.
• Explore the various ways evacuation information can be provided to event patrons
during power outage (Video Boards, ribbon boards may not have emergency
power).
• Provide specific evacuation guidance to high profile patrons.
Communications: Evacuation Information to the General Public
The following questions for Consideration and Supporting Actions statements are useful
in executing the Emergency Plan’s public information portion of the communication
plan.
Considerations
• What methods (i.e., through radio and television broadcasting) will be used to
communicate information between the stadium’s evacuees and their families and
friends who are not at the stadium?
• How often should updates be provided?
• What evacuation information will be communicated to the general public in the
surrounding area/neighborhood?
Supporting Actions
• Develop a protocol for communicating evacuation information with stadium
spectators and participants during an evacuation.
• Develop methods for communicating evacuation information with individuals
with limited English proficiency or sensory or cognitive disabilities.
• Execute the Emergency Plan framework for communications.
• Develop process to reunite patrons who became separated from each other during
the evacuation.
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