What To Do In Case Of…
Below is a quick reference guide for our campus community to follow in case of a severe weather situation or fire.
Severe Weather/Tornado
1. Seek Shelter Immediately – if notified by TLU authorities/E2Campus of imminent severe weather.
2. If conditions permit, TLU authorities may advise you to relocate to a designated shelter area. The designated shelter areas are listed below:
- Alumni Student Center (ASC): Fireside Lounge; conference rooms
- Athletics Complex (Lundquist Student Athletic Center, Field House, Fitness Center, Jones): interior Jones hallways
- AT&T: basement
- Baldus: basements of Trinity and Clifton
- Beck Center: basement
- Bogisch Apartments: Beck or Moody Science basement
- Brandes Apartments: bathrooms in first-floor apartments
- Centennial Hall: interior hallways the library basement if time permits
- Chapel: library basement
- Clifton: basements of Trinity and Clifton
- Facilities building: library basement
- Glazener Apartments: library basement
- Hahn Hall: interior hallways; library basement if time permits
- Hein Dining Hall: interior of building away from windows; library basement if time permits
- Jackson: auditorium
- Knutson Hall: interior hallways; library basement if time permits
- Kramer Apartments: bathrooms in first-floor apartments
- Krost: Moody basement
- Lange Apartments: bathrooms in first-floor apartments
- Langner Hall: first-floor interior hallway or basement
- Library: basement
- Linne Apartments: bathrooms in first-floor apartments; library basement if time permits
- Moody: basement
- Nursing complex: Moody Science basement
- Renger Apartments: bathrooms in first-floor apartments; library basement if time permits
- Schuech Fine Arts: Wupperman or Ayers
- Seguin Hall: first floor lounges; Moody Science basement if time permits
- Steger Apartments: bathrooms in first-floor apartments
- Strunk Apartments: bathrooms in first-floor apartments; library basement if time permits
- Trinity Hall: basements of Trinity and Clifton
- Tschoepe Hall: main hallway on first floor; library basement if time permits
- Weston: band hall, interior hallway, or theatre
3. If conditions DO NOT permit relocation, seek safety in an interior hallway or room on the ground floor away from glass and windows.
4. Remain in protected area until TLU authorities announce “all clear.”
Fire
1. Close the door to the room where fire is discovered.
2. Pull the nearest fire alarm or yell loudly to notify others nearby if the building does not have one.
3. Dial 830-372-8000 from a cell phone or on-campus phone to report the fire to TLU emergency personnel OR call 911.
4. If the fire is small (wastebasket fire) and you are comfortable trying to extinguish it, use a portable fire extinguisher if one is available.
5. If the fire cannot be extinguished, or you choose not to try to extinguish it, evacuate the building and alert others to evacuate.
6. Go immediately to your designated assembly area below:
- Alumni Student Center (ASC) – ASC parking lot
- Athletic complex (Lundquist Student Athletic Center, Field House, Fitness Center, Jones) – ASC or field house parking lot
- Baldus – chapel lawn
- Beck Center – Beck parking lot
- Bogisch Apartments – area across the street next to the Fritz House
- Brandes Apartments – parking lot toward Seguin Hall
- Centennial Hall – sidewalk by South Apartments
- Clifton – chapel lawn
- Facilities building – library parking lot
- Glazener Apartments – across the street to lawn by fine arts building
- Hahn Hall – to lawn near Hein Dining Hall patio
- Hein – parking lot
- Knutson Hall – lawn near Hein Dining Hall patio
- Kramer Apartments – parking lot toward Seguin Hall
- Lange Apartments – parking lot toward Seguin Hall
- Langner Hall – library lawn
- Library – library lawn
- Linne Apartments – soccer field
- Nursing complex – Moody Hall parking lot
- Renger Apartments – soccer field
- Schuech Fine Arts – library lawn
- Seguin Hall – nursing building complex
- Steger Apartments – parking lot toward Seguin Hall
- Strunk Apartments – soccer field
- Trinity Hall – chapel lawn
- Tschoepe Hall – library lawn
- Weston – parking lot across the street
Emergency or Non-Emergency
Call 830-372-8000 from any cell phone OR dial “0” (zero) from any on-campus phone.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, CALL 911
SEGUIN POLICE, FIRE, AND AMBULANCE
In an emergency situation, TLU authorities will make every effort to communicate
timely and accurate information about the situation to students, faculty, staff, and
visitors.
Depending on the situation, information will be communicated via the
E2campus text alert and email messaging systems, KWED radio station
(1580 AM), and/or www.tlu.edu