NATURAL DISASTER
    and HURRICANE EMERGENCY PLAN
    Education Library, Building 103, 1500 Norman Hall

This plan is specific to the Education Library, Building 103.. Plans specific to other library buildings are also available. Comments on and revisions to the plan are always welcome, send them to Suzanne Brown at suzbrow@ufl.edu.

EDUCATION LIBRARY BUILDING EMERGENCY COORDINATOR INFORMATION.

NOTE: Building Emergency Coordinators for the College of Education are:

EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS

1. The Education Library's Building Emergency Coordinator (BEC) is responsible for planned measures for evacuating and securing the Education Library and for protecting valuable and delicate equipment.

DURING A HURRICANE WATCH

1. All personnel assigned tasks should review plans and ensure that all persons affected are briefed and that all pre-hurricane preparation measures are implemented.

DURING A HURRICANE WARNING

1. The Education Library's BEC will be notified by the Library West's BEC that a hurricane warning has been declared. The university will be declared closed and all persons will be instructed to leave the campus except those assigned duties in the plan. Those individuals who cannot leave the campus should go to a designated shelter as assigned by UPD (Turlington Hall).
2. The Education Library's BEC will
   1. evacuate the Education Library
   2. lock library doors and post appropriate signs
   3. unplug all terminals, control units, modems, and other electrical equipment
   4. move library materials and equipment, as appropriate, away from doors and other areas of potential water damage
   5. lock all internal doors

   The Education Library's BEC will report to the Library Facilities Planning Officer when the above actions have been accomplished and will indicate the need for any additional requirements for protection and locking the building.

3. The Education Library's BEC will report to the Emergency Operations Director at 392-1111 following the completion of the building security check. If telephone communication is not available, the BEC should summon the first available police officer to report via two-way radio.

DURING A HURRICANE

1. All persons, including the BEC, not required for the conduct of emergency operations will have been notified to leave the campus by the Emergency Operations Director after completing their duties during Hurricane Warning.

POST HURRICANE PROCEDURES

1. The Education Library's BEC will return as soon as possible to the library when cleared to do so by the Emergency Operations Director. A damage survey will be made and reported to the Library Facilities Planning Office. If possible a floor plan with problem areas clearly marked will be provided.
2. The Facilities Planning Officer will then report to the Director for Library Support Services and to the Director of Libraries and will coordinate damage repair and clean up efforts with Work Management Division.
3. The Preservation Librarian will take whatever action is necessary, consistent with this and other directives, to preserve and restore damaged library materials.

DISTRIBUTION

1. This plan should be submitted to the Library Facilities Planning Officer who will forward it to Environmental Health & Safety. The BECs should report to the Facilities Planning Officer, in writing, any changes, as they occur, to the list of BECs and alternates, or any changes to the planned emergency procedures or protective measures for their library. This plan will also be distributed to all Libraries Department Chairs and Office Heads for further distribution to their staff.
   
   A copy of this plan and subsequent updates will also be forwarded to the BECs of the College of Education

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