What are my Responsibilities?

General Preparedness

All employees and students are encouraged to prepare themselves and their families to avoid significant impacts due to emergency situations. Information on family preparedness is available on the Alberta Municipal Affairs - Emergency Management Alberta website: Emergency Preparedness Fact Sheets

Information on how to prepare for Pandemic Influenza can be obtained at How Do I Prepare?

Evacuations 

If a University fire alarm is sounded, all occupants of a building are expected to evacuate the building immediately.  This is both for the safety of the occupants as well as the first responders as it ensures that first reponders will not have to re-enter the building to search for individuals who have not evacuated.  All employees and students are expected to know their Assembly Points and alternate Assembly Points for evacuating from the buildings in which they work, go to class or study.

Shelter-In-Place

Employees and students are also expected to understand where they should shelter during a Shelter-In-Place situation.  Please refer to the Shelter-In-Place information. 

Campus Closure

Employees:

If a University campus closure has been announced, employees are expected to:

1. Report into their supervisors/managers/department heads prior to leaving campus.
2. Remain off-campus during the campus closure with the exception of those employees identified as Essential Service Providers;
3. Keep in contact with their Department Head by phone or email and/or the University through the Main Home Page to determine the state of alert on the campus and establish when they are to return. Emergency information will be  provided via the University of Calgary website at http://www.ucalgary.ca/, via the Main Emergency Information number (220-3000) or a University Security Alert via e-mail;

Once a re-opening of the campus has been announced, employees are expected to:

• Report to work on the identified day, unless they have been advised otherwise by their supervisor/manager/department head;
• If they are unable to report they are to contact their department head or supervisor to indicate the reason. 

Students:

If a University closure has been announced, students are expected to:

1. Remain off-campus during the campus closure with the exception of those students identified as Essential Service Providers;
2. Keep in contact with the University through the Main Home Page to determine the state of alert on the campus and establish when they are to return. Emergency information will be provided via the University of Calgary website at http://www.ucalgary.ca/ via the Main Emergency Information number (220-3000) or a University Security Alert via e-mail;

Once a re-opening of the campus has been announced, students are expected to:

• Report to class on the identified day;
• If the closure has been extensive and students are unable to report to class they can contact their Department office to request an Extension of their class time.