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UCF Bomb Threat Plan 2011
CHAPTER 3: EVACUATION
3.1. Building Evacuations
3.1.1. The building, upon receipt of threat, may need to be evacuated in a calm and orderly
manner, according to the Building Evacuation Plan. Emergency personnel and designated
University officials will facilitate evacuation. Emergency personnel will notify
individuals when reentry to the building can be made. There is no specified time limit for
when students and faculty will be permitted back into the isolated area. This will depend
solely upon the information received and the results of the investigation by public safety
authorities.
3.2. Things that Should Not be Done
3.2.1. Any one of the following events could trigger an explosive device:
3.2.1.1. DO NOT handle any explosive device or suspected explosive device or suspect
packages.
3.2.1.2. DO NOT allow any faculty, staff, students or visitors access to, or near the
proximity of, the explosive device.
3.2.1.3. DO NOT try to move the explosive device or enclose it to minimize effects of
an explosion.
3.2.1.4. DO NOT use cellular telephones.
3.2.1.5. DO NOT pull the fire alarms to evacuate any buildings, unless specifically
directed to do so by emergency personnel. This may trigger the device.
3.2.1.6. If an explosive device is inside of a container, DO NOT open the container.
3.3. University Response to Bomb Threat
3.3.1. Student rosters should be kept current. It is possible that the individual who made the
threat is a student, and a current list would assist law enforcement.
3.3.2. Any and all media inquiries should go through News & Information, at 407-823-5007.
3.3.3. The UCF populous will be notified via UCF Alert in the event such notification is
necessary.
3.3.4. The National Counterterrorism Center advises the following distances in the event of an
evacuation:
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