Northwestern will form a campus-wide evacuation committee in an effort to standardize its emergency evacuation plan, said Gwen Butler, environmental health and safety director in the Office of Risk Management.
While emergency response practices have long been in place, the Office of Risk Management and the Department of Safety & Security have joined forces in the past few months, Butler said. The team plans to recruit representatives from different University departments and residential facilities to establish the evacuation committee, she added.
Greg Klaiber, director of emergency management, said the committee will review proposals by representatives of residential buildings, draft a “standardized” evacuation plan and post emergency route signage in common areas. The committee…
