Cleveland State University
Office of Risk Management
2121 Euclid Avenue
AC 203
Cleveland OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
2300 Euclid Avenue
AC 203
Phone: 216.875.9801
d.leone@csuohio.edu
Emergency Procedures
University Police
911 or 8-911 (CAMPUS EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY: Fire, Police, Medical, Hazmat Spills)
216.687.2020 (safety on campus, safety escorts, lost and found)
Severe Weather | Power Outage | Water Damage | Medical | Explosion
Suspicious Mail | Fire | Chemical Spill | Earthquake | Crime Prevention
Evacuation (General) | Evacuation (Cleveland) | Workplace Violence | Bomb Threat
Evacuation (Cleveland)
The City of Cleveland may call for an evacuation of the City under either a precautionary basis or dut to a disaster.
If the City evacuates its primary zone:
- All campus buildings, with the exception of Viking Hall will evacuate.
If the City evacuates both its primary and secondary zones:
- All campus buildings, including Viking Hall will evacuate.
In the event of a City of Cleveland evacuation:
- The City will notify CSU and the school will begin evacuating at once.
- Internal notice will be initiated by the CSU police department.
- If evacuation by car is appropriate, only certain major arteries will be available to carry people out of the City. The arteries used are based on where your car is parked and where the disaster is located.
- Most likely the CSU campus will need to exit and drive to the east using Euclid, Chester, Prospect, Payne, Carnegie or as directed by the Police or Safety Force members.
- Cross town traffic will not be permitted, neither will access into the City. Inbound traffic will be restricted to emergency and mass transit.
- Mass transit will remain as operational as possible.
- In the event that vehicular evacuation is not possible, plans have been made to evacuate via a pedestrian method.You will be notified by CSU if this occurs.
- Several Transit Hubs have been selected just outside the downtown area, where citizens can travel to and access mass transit to outlying Temporary Shelters. The closest Temporary Shelter to CSU is the Tri-C Metro Campus. Upon arrival at the Temporary Shelters, citizens will be put aboard RTA buses to Suburban Malls.
In advance of this type of evacuation you should:
- Become familiar with the City's Evacuation Plan. It is posted on www.city.cleveland.oh.us.
- Pre-plan with other family members or car poolers how each will get home in the event of an evacuation.
- Plan and discuss secondary access numbers and meeting locations with your family members in the event that you are unable to contact each other using normal methods. You may wish to have an out of town friend or family member be the contact for your family to call in the event that local circuits are busy.
Note:
There may be times when the concept of "shelter-in-place" may be used and people may be asked to remain in place and control their environment. Instructions for "shelter-in-place" will be given by the safety forces at the time of an emergency.