Though there have been few events at Binghamton University that have required a lockdown or evacuation, officials have a detailed list of procedures in the case of an emergency situation.

The list, titled the Department Emergency Evacuation Plan, includes guidelines ranging from how to deal with a civil disturbance or protest gone wrong to a natural disaster.

“[The emergency procedures] are updated annually,” said Connie Corey, associate director of Environmental Health and Safety on campus. “They are used to pre-plan for emergencies that may require the evacuation of a building. Building administrators are in charge of coordinating their building’s written plan.”

The first part of the plan details which events warrant outside help. These include medical emergencies, fires, explosions, criminal activities, bomb threats, hazardous materials incidents, facilities emergencies and any other possible life-threatening injuries that may occur.

The next section of the booklet explains what to do in the case of a specific emergency.

For example, it states that during a fire or after an explosion, people in the immediate area must be alerted to evacuate by an alarm system and the campus police should be notified. Fires can be contained by closing the doors and leaving the room.

When the fire alarm sounds in any building, all students and staff are required to evacuate the building and report to a predetermined rendezvous point outside.

However, this plan changes if a person is trapped in a room with a fire outside. The plan states that anyone trapped in a room should place a wet cloth under the door to prevent the fire from getting inside, call 911 and if possible, hang a brightly colored towel out a window in order to alert others of his or her presence.

The plan also states that in a circumstance where the victim is in a room with no windows and no phone, he or she can still bring attention to his or her position by tapping on the walls or rattling nearby pipes.

The end of the document contains a blank page where faculty and staff can write their names and volunteer to take on key leadership positions during any kind of emergency.

This document is intended as a template, with a blank box at the beginning to put the name of the building these emergency evacuations procedures are intended for.

Aside from these building-specific emergency plans, there exists a much broader “disaster plan,” that can be found online, which was signed into effect by former Gov. George Pataki.

According to the executive order, this resolution establishes a management system for emergency response and acts as “the state standard command and control system during emergency operations.”