Sent: 2012-06-11
From: William Weber, Vice President for Business Affairs
To: Students, Employees
Subject: Emergency Drill to Take Place on Eastern’s Campus on Tuesday, June 12
Please be reminded that Eastern will host a state-level emergency exercise tomorrow (Tuesday, June 12). Many of the exercise's activities will take place near the north-central section of campus, although other areas may be utilized as well. The primary period of action will be between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
This will be the first time an exercise of this magnitude has taken place on the EIU campus. Simulated gun shots will be fired and sirens will sound. A helicopter will be circling overhead. Emergency announcements will be made via the web, email, and text messaging. Please note, however, that all public announcements made as part of the exercise will be made with standard test messages. IF A REAL EMERGENCY SHOULD OCCUR, the exercise will be immediately terminated and the appropriate warnings issued instead.
Since this is a major multi-agency exercise, additional emergency vehicles, including those from Champaign, Charleston, Decatur, Mattoon, Urbana and the state of Illinois, are expected to be in Charleston and parked on campus at some point during the exercise. This will necessitate certain street, parking lot and building closures:
-- Seventh Street between Johnson and Grant avenues will be closed to the general public. There should be NO parking on Seventh Street.
-- The McAfee building will be closed to all occupants between 1 a.m. and 3 p.m.
-- Parking lots scheduled to be closed to routine campus traffic include the lot directly west of Greek Court 1 (Ninth and Roosevelt); the lot directly east of the Doudna Fine Arts Center (Ninth and Hayes); the UPD lot, located between Doudna and the UPD; the McAfee lot; and the Blair Hall south lot. The Student Services parking lot will be closed to all incoming and outgoing traffic between 7 and 9 a.m.
-- Entrance to and exit from the Student Services building will be limited to the north entrance between 8 and 9 a.m.
-- The north entrance of the MLK Jr. Union Food Court will be closed between 8 and 9 a.m.
If any person or department is hosting an event on campus (e.g., camps, conferences, workshops, orientation, etc.) on Tuesday, June 12, please notify the event's point of contact about the drill and discuss it with them. Also, please help us alleviate concerns in advance by sharing this information with your co-workers and others.
More information on Tuesday's drill can be found at http://castle.eiu.edu/~pubaff/viewstory.php?action=800.
If you need further information about the exercise, please contact the Office of Business Affairs at 217-581-2921.
William Weber
Vice President for Business Affairs
Eastern Illinois University
