Emergency Information & Preparedness

Benedictine University has posted evacuation maps in each classroom and office on campus. These maps are intended to provide many different options for escape during an emergency.

In Case of Emergency

• Remain calm and don’t panic
• Provide assistance to those around you, if needed
• Proceed to the nearest exit
• Meet at the buildings preliminary designated evacuation assembly area

What to do if outside during a building evacuation:

• Do not enter the building being evacuated.
• Get to the designated evacuation assembly area for the building being evacuated.
• Listen for specific directions.
  Do not re-enter a building until an authorized person has given the “All clear.”

What to do if inside during a building evacuation:

• In the event of an alarm, such as a fire alarm or an evacuation announcement, leave the building quickly and safely using the nearest exit.
• Aid those needing assistance.
• When evacuating the building, leave your belongings in the classroom or office. Stopping to collect them only delays your evacuation and could cause others to potentially be harmed.
• In case of fire, do not use elevators.
• If there is a mobility impaired individual still in the building, notify the first responders on-scene of their location.
• Once outside, proceed to the evacuation assembly area.
• Listen for specific directions.
• Do not re-enter a building until an authorized person has given the “all clear.”

Evacuation of the mobility restricted and mobility impaired:

Mobility Restricted Individuals

Mobility restricted individuals are those with disabilities that might impede rapid building evacuation. Examples include those who are blind or deaf, or whose mobility is restricted by use of walkers or crutches. Assistance can be provided by guiding them to the refuge area in the stairwell. Proceed out of the building notifying the building captain, Emergency Response and Recovery Team, or first responders on-scene of the person’s location.

Mobility Impaired Individuals

Mobility impaired individuals are those with disabilities which require the use of wheelchairs or other mobility devices. To assist those individuals, proceed as follows:

1. Call the Campus Safety at 630-829-6122. Provide as much information as possible. Most importantly, provide the individual’s location.
2. Move the impaired individual near the stairwell and await assistance if there is no immediate danger within the vicinity of the stairs. Within the stairwell near the door there is a flyer with a QR Code and instructions. Scanning the QR Code and hitting send will alert dispatch of the building location and stairwell in which the individual is placed. Dispatch can then radio to the responding fire and/or police department letting them know of the location.
3. If the hazard becomes life threatening, move the individual into a room and close the door. If evacuation is deemed necessary, attempt to gain volunteer assistance and proceed to evacuate by way of the established route. Inform Campus Safety of the individual’s new location.

Campus Evacuation

Should it become necessary to evacuate the entire campus, the decision to implement these procedures rests with the Director of Campus Safety. In situations requiring immediate action, the police or Fire department in Lisle can also order a local area evacuation.

In all cases when the decision has been made to evacuate, the following procedures will be followed:

• The campus will be evacuated in stages, beginning with the areas that are in the immediate vicinity of the threat.
• Other areas may then be evacuated, depending on the nature of the threat.
• Do not re-enter a building until an authorized person has given the “all clear”.
• In all cases, evacuees would be directed away from the vicinity of the threat.

Click Here to View the Campus Evacuation Map