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Building #0028000

April 2026

Table of Contents

Evacuation Plan

Section I: Building and Personnel Information
Section II: Emergency Phone Numbers
Section III: Purpose and Objectives
Section IV: General Guidelines
Section V: Responsibilities of Building/Department Emergency Coordinator and Safety Monitors
Section VI: Alerting or Signaling Building Occupants in Case of Fire or Other Emergency
Section VII: Evacuation Procedures for Building Occupants
Section VIII: Disabled Occupants
Section IX: Critical Operations Shutdown
Section X: Accountability Procedures for Emergency Evacuation
Section XI: Rescue and Medical Duties
Section XII: Training and Communications

Appendix I:

1. Critical Operations Shut Down Procedures and Personnel Assigned These Responsibilities
2. Work Unit Employee Lists
3. Listing of Individuals Requiring Evacuation Assistance

Appendix II:

Building Evacuation Floor Plan

Appendix III:

Evacuation Quick Reference Card

Section I: Building and Personnel Information

Building Name: Research Building East
Department Name(s): College of Engineering & College of Earth & Mineral Science

Special Notes: *The College of Engineering has primary responsibility for maintaining this plan based on having the largest assigned square footage within the building.

**The College of Earth & Mineral Science Safety officer is as shown; however, all building-specific concerns about this building should be directed to Safety Monitor, Frank Driscoll.

Designated Meeting Site(s) for Building are: Across Scholarship Drive (aka Bigler Rd) opposite Research East (Alternate for bad weather: Loading Dock C110 at Coal Utilization Building)

Designated Areas of Refuge for the Building are: 1st & 2nd Floor Stairwell Landings on any staircase

Copies of this Evacuation Plan are kept in the following locations: Research Building East Room 139 and main atrium bulletin board, 211; 218 Academic Activities Building; 101 Hammond, 248 Deike

Frank Driscoll to be stationed in Foyer F212 APB to prevent reentry to 2nd floor RE.

Yun Shin to be stationed in Foyer F101 APB to prevent reentry to RE Basement.

Signature of Plan Preparer

Date Prepared
4/08/2026

RSE EVACUATION PROCEDURES

Objectives

There are six objectives to be attained during an APB evacuation. They are:

1. Clear 1st, 2nd, and Basement floors of all personnel.
2. Identify missing personnel.
3. Secure the two floors and the basement.
4. Ensure no one reenters RSE from Loading Dock, Main Entrance and CUL.
5. Transfer information to Annette Brown and First Responders.
6. Transfer monitor duties to First Responders.

To accomplish this quickly, RSE will be divided into three sections. Those sections are:

1. The entire 2nd floor.
2. The entire 1st floor.
3. The Basement

RSE personnel are assigned a particular section to clear and secure.

Areas of Refuge

The area of refuge on the 1st floor is at the top of the northeast stairwell in RSE and the south landing. The area of refuge on the 2nd floor is at the top of the northeast stairwell in RSE and the south landing. The area of refuge on the Basement floor is the bottom of the northeast stairwell in RSE. If safe to do so, egress the person to the outside.

General Procedures

If the fire alarm goes off, or you are ordered to evacuate RSE, follow these general procedures:

• Evacuate your office leaving the lights on and the door closed and unlocked.
• Remind personnel to grab their ‘Keys, Coats, and Cash’!
• Take note of anything unusual during your egress (e.g., smoke, smells, etc.).
• Sweep your assigned floor.
• 1st Floor and Basement Monitor: Grab the Evacuation Binder from 139. Sweep the areas and report to the collection area.
• 2nd Floor Monitor: Grab the Evacuation Binder from outside 204. Sweep the areas and report to the collection area.
• Basement Monitor: Grab the Evacuation Binder from the southwest corner by the bulletin board. Sweep the areas and report to the collection area.
• Assemble across Bigler Avenue.
• Determine if anyone is missing.
• Share what you observed with everyone.
• Fill out checklists and make notes on observations.
• Report on what you have observed to Annette Brown.
• If the weather is bad, those without other responsibilities shall relocate to the loading dock of Coal Utilization Laboratory. Those with responsibilities will relocate to the loading dock in Coal Utilization Laboratory when relieved by First Responders.
• Communicate to First Responders that the APB basement and APB Breezeway Exit Monitors need to be relieved by their personnel.
• Do not return to RSE until given the “all clear” by the EMS EI Safety Officer, EHS personnel, or First Responders.

INGRESS TO RSE

There are FOUR ways to enter RSE:

1. From the 1st floor from the west by the main entrance.
2. From the loading dock Research East.
3. From the west through the 2nd floor breezeway.
4. From the basement from APB.

Four Door Monitors will be assigned to cover these entries. They will take up positions in the following locations:

1. The basement of APB where APB and RSE connect.
2. The breezeway area of 2nd floor APB.
3. The east foyer of APB.
4. The Loading Dock.

RSE Personnel Specific Procedures

If for any reason the following personnel cannot fulfill their duties (e.g., they’re across campus, out sick, etc.), all RSE personnel should be prepared to carry out another person’s duties. Communicate to others the duties you will perform. DO NOT PERFORM THESE DUTIES IF BY DOING SO YOU PUT YOURSELF AT RISK!

Frank Driscoll: Grab the binder outside 204 RSE and sweep the second floor counterclockwise. Report to the muster site.
Annette Brown: Grab the binder inside 139 RSE and sweep the first floor counterclockwise. Report to the muster site.
Porter Richins: Grab the binder by the bulletin board and sweep the basement. Report to the muster site.
Steven Bierly: Ensure no one reenters RSE from the APB second floor breezeway.
Sally Mills: Ensure no one reenters RSE from the APB basement stairwell.

Section II: Emergency Phone Numbers

EMERGENCY (Police-Fire-Ambulance): 911
University Police: 814-863-1111
University Health Services: 814-865-6556
Environmental Health and Safety: 814-865-6391
Physical Plant Work Reception Center: 814-865-4731

Section IV: General Guidelines

The following guidelines apply to this Emergency Evacuation Plan:

• Stairwells are the primary means for evacuation. Elevators are to be used only when authorized by a fire or police officer.
• No employee is permitted to re-enter the building until advised by the Fire Department, PSU Police or EHS Representative.
• This Emergency Evacuation Plan will be coordinated with efforts in multiple-use buildings. Mutually beneficial agreements can be reached regarding Designated Meeting Sites and shelter in the event of inclement weather.

Section V: Responsibilities of Safety Officer, Building/Department Emergency Coordinator and Safety Monitors

The Unit Safety Officer is responsible for:

1. Annually ensure plans are reviewed and updated as needed.
2. Provide written confirmation to EH&S that plans have been updated and in compliance with all requirements.
3. Appoint Building / Department Emergency Coordinators in coordination with Administrative Unit Leaders.
4. Designate Safety Monitors and in coordination with Building / Department Emergency Coordinators.

The Building/Department Emergency Coordinator is responsible for:

1. In conjunction with the unit Safety Officer, designating Safety Monitors and alternate Safety Monitors for specific work areas in the facility.
2. Overseeing the development, communication, implementation and maintenance of the Emergency Evacuation Plan.
3. Ensuring that floor plans and route evacuation maps are posted.
4. Ensuring the training of building occupants, Safety Monitors, and Critical Operations Personnel, and notifying all personnel of changes to the plan.
5. Maintaining up to date lists of building occupants for each Safety Monitor’s area of coverage, Critical Operations Personnel, Listing of Individuals requiring Evacuation Assistance and any other personnel with assigned duties under this plan. Lists are included in Appendix I.
6. In the event of a fire or other emergency, relaying applicable information to emergency personnel, occupants and Safety Monitors.

The Safety Monitors are responsible for:

1. Familiarizing personnel with emergency procedures.
2. Acting as liaison between management and their work area.
3. Knowing where their Designated Meeting Site is and for communicating this information to occupants.
4. Ensuring that disabled persons and visitors are assisted in evacuating the building or moved to a predetermined staging area (Assisted Evacuation Staging Area).
5. Performing responsibilities to ensure that all persons are accounted for during an evacuation as identified in Section X.
6. Evaluating and reporting problems to the Building/Department Emergency Coordinator after an emergency event.
7. Posting the "Building Evacuation Floor Plan" (Appendix II) in their work areas, communicating plan to occupants, and updating the plan annually.

Section VI: Alerting or Signaling Building Occupants in Case of Fire or Other Emergency

1. In case of a fire, employees should actuate the nearest fire alarm pull station and/or make a telephone call to 911. The locations of the fire alarm pull stations are noted on the Building Evacuation Floor Plans in Appendix II. The strobe & audible alarm alerts building occupants of the need for evacuation and sends a signal to the PSU Police Dispatch Center that there is an alarm condition in the building.
2. It may be necessary to activate additional fire alarm pull stations, or verbally announce the alarm, if people are still in the building and the alarm has stopped sounding, or if the alarm does not sound. This should be done while exiting the building.
3. Persons discovering a fire, smoky condition, or explosion should pull the nearest fire alarm pull station. Any pertinent fire or rescue information should be conveyed to 911. All emergency telephone numbers are listed at the beginning of this Emergency Evacuation Plan.
4. To report all emergencies, employees should call 911. State your name, your location, and the nature of the call. Speak slowly and clearly. Wait for the dispatcher to hang up first. On occasion the dispatcher may need additional information or may provide you with additional instructions. Make this call from a safe location.

Section VII: Evacuation Procedures for Building Occupants

1. When the fire alarm sounds, occupants should ensure that nearby personnel are aware of the emergency, quickly shutdown operating equipment (e.g., compressed gas cylinders), close doors (DO NOT LOCK) and exit the building using the established evacuation routes.
2. Occupants shall assist visitors, students and others who are not familiar with the plan to safely evacuate.
3. If you have been identified as having responsibility for Critical Operations Shutdown, refer to Section IX.
4. All occupants should proceed to their Designated Meeting Site and await further instructions from their Safety Monitor.
5. All personnel should know where primary and alternate exits are located and be familiar with the various evacuation routes available. Floor plans with escape routes, alternate escape routes, exit locations and Designated Meeting Sites are in Appendix II and are posted in the building.
6. Building occupants must NOT use elevators as an escape route in the event of a fire.

Notes and Precautions:

• Portable fire extinguishers can be used for small fires. However, an immediate readiness to evacuate is essential.
• Never enter a room that is smoke filled.
• Before opening doors check to ensure it is not hot to the touch. If hot do not open. If warm open slowly to check room / hallway conditions.

Section VIII: Disabled Occupants

Employees requiring assistance upon exiting are listed in Appendix I however there may be disabled visitors in the building that also require assistance. The Safety Monitor must identify individuals needing assistance, attempt to locate individuals to assist in the evacuation or in relocating to the Assisted Evacuation Staging Areas, and notify the emergency response personnel of the person's location. Transporting of disabled individuals up or down stairwells should be avoided until emergency response personnel have arrived. Unless imminent life-threatening conditions exist in the immediate area occupied by a non-ambulatory or disabled person, relocation of the individual should be limited to a safe area on the same floor, near an evacuation stairwell. Within the room there should be provided a flashlight, towel for hanging out window or bright colored marker to mark windows that cannot be opened.

Penn State University Safety Policy SY02 “Handicapped Identification Decals for Individuals Requesting Assistance” is a voluntary procedure to provide visual identification of an employee’s work area for emergency responders and to provide PSU Police with information for prompt evacuation assistance.

Section IX: Critical Operations Shutdown

Critical Operation Shutdown: Critical operations, including equipment that must be shut off and persons designated to complete these actions are identified in Appendix I. Procedures for rapid shutdown should be predetermined for life safety and loss control purposes, as well as ensuring complete evacuations in a timely manner. Individuals should never jeopardize their own health and safety to complete the Critical Operations Shutdown.

Section X: Accountability Procedures for Emergency Evacuation

Once each evacuated group of employees has reached their Designated Meeting Site, each Safety Monitor shall:

1. Take head count of his or her group using the building occupant list for those employees in their area of coverage
2. Assume the role of department contact to answer questions
3. Instruct personnel to remain in area until further notice
4. Report status to Building/Department Emergency Coordinator or Incident Commander including persons who are in the Assisted Evacuation Staging Area or have remained behind for Critical Operations Shutdown.

Section XI: Rescue and Medical Duties

The Fire Department and University Police will conduct all rescue and medical duties and/or will coordinate with Emergency Medical Services.

Section XII: Training and Communications

The Building/Department Emergency Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that all personnel are trained in safe evacuation procedures. Refresher training is required whenever the employee's responsibilities or designated actions under the plan change, and whenever the plan itself is changed.

The training shall include:

• The plan's purpose,
• Preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies,
• The type of building alarm system,
• Emergency evacuation procedures and route assignments, including procedures for those unable to evacuate themselves,
• Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to control Critical Operations Shutdown before they evacuate,
• Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuation has been completed, and
• Who performs rescue and medical duties
• The training shall include use of the floor plans and evacuation routes given in Appendix II of the Emergency Evacuation Plan.

Training on the Emergency Evacuation Plan can be performed during events such as work unit new employee orientation, employee briefings, discussions at faculty/staff meetings, internal work unit newsletters and emails, etc.

It is suggested that drills be conducted annually. EHS is available to assist with tools for training building occupants in the Emergency Evacuation Plan as well as evacuation drills.

Work units may also choose to provide Evacuation Quick Reference Cards for employees. These cards provide essential information on emergency contacts and designated meeting sites. A sample card is provided in Appendix III and can be customized as needed.

Appendix I

1. Critical Operations Shut Down Procedures and Personnel Assigned These Responsibilities

• None

2. Work Unit Employee Lists

• See Attached Personnel Rosters at end of document
• Personnel Accountability & Reporting Procedures:
  • All Evacuees shall report to their respective assigned Safety Monitor
  • Engineering Safety Monitors shall report directly to the Building Emergency Coordinator (or alternate)
  • College of Earth & Mineral Science Safety Monitors shall report to the Assistant Building Emergency Coordinator – EMS (or alternate)
  • The Assistant Building Emergency Coordinator – EMS shall report to the BEC.
• The same “Reporting Chain,” as outlined above, shall be used to manage all incident-related communication(s).

3. Listing of Individuals Requiring Evacuation Assistance

• None

Appendix II

Building Evacuation Floor Plan

Appendix III

Evacuation Quick Reference Card (Sample)

Emergency Contacts:

911 (Police – Fire – Ambulance)
University Police: 863-1111
Environmental Health and Safety: 865-6391
OPP Work Reception Center: 865-4731

Evacuation Contacts:

Bldg / Dept Emergency Coordinator:
Annette Brown

Safety Monitor:
Porter Richins
Annette Brown
Sally Mills
Kangan Li
Frank Driscoll

Work Unit Name

Evacuation Quick Reference

• Quickly exit in a calm manner.
• Close doors – Do Not lock
• Assist visitors to evacuate
• Do Not use elevators
• Report to designated meeting site
• Do Not reenter the building until advised by emergency personnel or safety monitor

Building Name designated meeting site:

Original Document – Sept 2007
Edit – October 2008 (Assisted Evacuation Staging Area)
Edit – May 2010 (Additional Evac. Map Example) (You are Here Sticker)
Edit – Dec 2010 Revised Evacuation Map
Edit – Jan 2013 SO Roles, Appendix II, Plan Preparation
Edit – Feb 2017 Updated Personnel

ME FACULTY/STAFF

YETTER, RICHARD – 104 RES EAST
XUAN, YUAN – 105/106 RES EAST
GUIMARAEZ, TAMY – 109 RES EAST
O’ CONNER, JACKIE – 111/112 RES EAST
THYNELL, STEFAN – 114 RES EAST
MILLS, SALLY – 125 RES EAST
BOYER, ERIC – 130 RES EAST
YANG, XIANG – 132/133 RES EAST
WILLIAMS, DAVID – 136/137 RES EAST
BROWN, ANNETTE – 139 RES EAST
KUNZ, ROBERT – 140 RES EAST
GRAUER, SAM VAN – 232/233 RES EAST
DUIN, ADRI – 240 RES EAST
Dillon Over – 231 Research East

ME STUDENTS

19 Research East

Amit Singh
Guanguan Ke
Rui Tang
Ryan Sirimanne
Noah Frank
Andrew Masker

14 Research East

Abrar Ul Karim
Dahae Jeong
Mohannad Khair

15 Research East

Jananee Uma
Pratikshya Mohanty
Syed Islam

129 Research East

Madeyln Cassens
Max Lancaster

131 Research East

Caleb Clark
Porter Richins

13 Research East

Logan Larose
John Parks

137 Research East

Chen-Sen-Liu

17 Research East

Maxwell Hunsberger
Joseph Healy
Noah Jager

110 Research East

Trevor Monk

224 Research East

Vishal Wadhai
Abdullah Geduk
Jiaqi Li
Shyam Santosh Nair
Jupjeet Dhingra
Guan Jeong
Md Shaded Hossain

230,234,235,236,237 Research East

Xiaohan Hu
Asma Ul
Alireza Sepehrinezhad
Mozhedh Mirakhory
Seyedmanmoud Mortazavi
Francisco Marques dos Santos Veira
Tao Wang

134,135,137,138 Research East

Qian Mao
Kyung Yun Shin
Sen Chun Liu
Ventana Cherubin
Malgorzata Kowalik

Building Occupant List, EMS Energy Institute:

(Updated 18 July 2025)

Student Hoteling Office – 204 RES EAST
Faculty Hoteling Office – 205 RES EAST
Priyasha Fernando – 206 RES EAST
Kangan Li – 209 RES EAST
Mpila Nkiawete – 210 RES EAST
Vacant – 211 RES EAST
Vacant – 212 RES EAST
Vacant – 212 RES EAST
Wakeid El Sayed – 213 RES EAST
VACANT – 213 RES EAST
Post-Doc Hoteling Office – 214 RES EAST
Emir Salmanzadeh – 229 RES EAST
Vacant – 229 RES EAST
Vacant – 229 RES EAST
Vacant – 232 RES EAST
Vacant – 238 RES EAST
Vacant – 238 RES EAST

Building Laboratory PIs, EMS Energy Institute:

Vander Wal, Randy – 023 RES EAST
Bierly, Steven – 215 RES EAST
Bierly, Steven – 216 RES EAST
Toraman, Ezgi – 217 RES EAST
Wang, Meng – 218 RES EAST
Bierly, Steven – 219 RES EAST
Karamalidis, Athanasios – 222 RES EAST