• The Director of Services will assign one or more persons to notify each departmental office by telephone and issue the order to evacuate.
• The department head or appointed representative will issue the order to evacuate to all persons under his/her authority as well as to any students or visitors who might be in the facilities.

• Evacuation recommendations will be relayed IMMEDIATELY to the University of Tennessee Police, 974-3114.
• The University of Tennessee Police will assign one or more persons or building commanders to go to each building (where safe to do so) and verbally instruct all persons to leave the building or area immediately. If it is deemed unsafe to enter a building, a loud verbal notice of the evacuation, accompanied by a siren blast, will be given in place of entering the building.
• University Police will contact the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Live-in Quarters, Rooms B301-317 VTH at  974-5620 or 974-5621, the small animal ICU and the large animal ICU.
• University Police will attempt to contact designated Site Emergency Coordinators at their homes.

Building or departmental emergency contacts for areas routinely occupied during times other than normal office hours are listed in Appendix B.

7.3 EVACUATION ROUTES AND MEETING LOCATIONS

Employees, students, and visitors in the area(s) to be evacuated will IMMEDIATELY cease all activities, shut off all equipment and proceed as instructed.

Evacuation routes are posted at various locations inside the buildings. The evacuation routes from each building or area will generally be toward the nearest parking areas. Motorists will leave the campus as directed in the event the Agriculture Campus must be evacuated.

DO NOT USE ELEVATORS during any emergency/evacuation situation!

7.3.1 Small-Scale Evacuation

If the evacuation affects a limited area of the Agricultural Campus, evacuated persons may be asked to report to a designated meeting location which will be identified when the evacuation notice is given. All persons will be accounted for, by department/section, at the designated meeting location.

7.3.2 Large-Scale Evacuation

If the evacuation affects most or all of the Agricultural Campus, evacuated persons will be instructed to go home. A thorough search of the facilities will be conducted at the earliest possible time to ensure that no persons remain.

The primary means of evacuation will be by private vehicles. It is expected that drivers will make every effort to fill each vehicle to capacity during an evacuation, regardless of whether the passengers' destinations are in the direction the driver will be traveling. This will reduce the traffic congestion and also ensure that all persons will have transportation. Drivers will then transport the riders to their destinations.

Knox Area Transit buses which are on campus at the time of the emergency will also be utilized if possible to transport persons from the Agricultural Campus during an emergency evacuation.

Traffic must be able to enter Neyland Drive without delay from other traffic in order to evacuate. Traffic control assistance will be required from UT Police, Knoxville Police, Knox County Sheriff, or Tennessee Highway Patrol to permit safe, quick egress from the Agricultural Campus, particularly at the intersections with Neyland Dr and Highway 129.

If access to Neyland Drive is prohibited, vehicular egress across lawns to access Alcoa Highway may be used. If vehicular egress is not an option, the Third Creek Bike Trail will be utilized for pedestrian evacuation.

7.4 EVACUATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Physically impaired persons may experience difficulty during an evacuation due to their physical condition and other circumstances, such as being forced to use stairways instead of elevators. It is expected that able-bodied persons will assist the physically impaired to whatever extent is necessary to ensure that they reach safety. Ill or injured persons will be cared for in the most appropriate manner, ensuring that neither the victim nor the person providing care are exposed to unreasonable danger.

7.5 EVACUATION OF NEARBY FACILITIES

If the KCEMA Site Emergency Coordinator in charge determines the need to evacuate facilities adjacent to the Campus, one of more persons will be delegated the responsibility to notify those facilities by phone or door-to-door. Arrangements for shelter-in-place are not anticipated in the event of an emergency since there are no residences located on or immediately adjacent to the Agricultural Campus.

7.6 EVACUATION OF RESEARCH ANIMALS AND LIVESTOCK

No attempt will be made to evacuate research animals or livestock until the safety of all affected humans has been ensured and the emergency has been reported as outlined in this Plan. Evacuation of animals and livestock will not be attempted if it presents unreasonable risk to the health of personnel, whether University personnel or emergency responders. Animal evacuation will not be attempted if there is a risk to the public from release of frightened animals or if it will block personnel leaving the campus.

If evacuation of animals from the Veterinary Teaching Hospital is necessary and possible, animals may be placed in other areas of the campus. Animals may be temporarily tethered in the 'horse pen' outside the hospital, along the Lot 66, or placed in the Brehm Animal Science Building. The veterinarians in charge of the clinics will decide where to locate the animals. Suitable vehicles will then be required to transport the animals to facilities of the East Tennessee Research and Education Center, the Cherokee Large Animal Facility or other appropriate locations. Sources of suitable vehicles include those in Table 7-1.

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