At the University of New Mexico, we experienced the same problems. We only
have 2 uniformed campus police on duty per shift for patrol duties and
they can't patrol all the doors to a building during an emergency. We use
a combination of "Fire Wardens" to gaurd doors to certain buildings, or we
have campus police lock all exterior doors which are not being used for
entry by the fire department. We also have campus police remian on scene
to open those doors if needed by the FD. As a back up, we have the local
police called in for mutual aid assistance.

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Dave Colvin wrote:

> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 12:47:22 -0400
> From: Dave Colvin <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: International Association of Campus Fire Safety Officials
     <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Compliancy with Building Evacuations?
>
> At the University of Western Ontario, we recently experienced a natural gas
> smell that required us to evacuate five buildings for several hours.  We
> had people ignore the fire alarms, re-enter the building when the system
> self-silenced, ignore specific direction not to re-enter and some
> individuals even challenged Campus Police officers.
>
> Do any campuses have any policies or fine systems to use in these
> situations for non-residential buildings?  (Our residences do have strict,
> well-respected policies).
>
> Any information would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave.
>
>
>
> DAVE COLVIN
> Campus Emergency Planning Coordinator
> University of Western Ontario, Services Building
> Room 120,  London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9
> Work (519) 679-2111 ext. 8873 -  Fax (519) 661-3801
> Personal Web Page http://hamster.ivey.uwo.ca/~dcolvin/
>