Building Managers' Responsibilities

• Prior to an emergency, Building Managers ensure that current Emergency Guidelines Posters and Evacuation Maps are placed in each classroom and in the common areas of their building. 
• Building Managers regularly walk their building to become familiar with it and to find any hazards. 
• In an emergency, Building Managers are responsible for safely evacuating all people from their building, accounting for everyone in a designated gathering place and reporting missing people to Search & Rescue.  They also survey the buildings for potential dangers or unsafe conditions. 
• Building Managers can possibly turn off utilities and assist special needs people out of the building. 
• Ideally, they attend 1st Aid, Search and Rescue, and Damage Assessment team training to enhance their skills as a Building Manager and work closely with those teams.

For more information, see Emergency Operations Manual, Building Managers.