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- Your first concern should be for the safety of the people in the building. Circulation should notify Public Safety (4444) immediately.
- The Library has an emergency generator that should provide emergency lighting during a general power failure. Your work area also has a flashlight available for use during blackouts.
- Circulation will coordinate a building search including elevators, decks, and bathrooms. If you are in the building during a power failure, go to Circulation with a flashlight; use it to insure that people are safe during the blackout, or to assist in evacuating the building if that becomes necessary.
- If the power failure occurs at night or is an extended one, the Director Dean of Libraries (or person in charge of the Library at that time) will make a decision* on continuing library operations. If it is deemed necessary to evacuate the building, a Circulation supervisor will call Public Safety (4444) and request assistance with a walk-through to help people exit.
*See Appendix, Decision to Close the LibraryGuidelines for Library Hours and Inclement Weather