Emergency Procedures


Fire and Gas Leak Procedures

Posted in all building hallways is an evacuation plan. Please familiarize yourself with both main and secondary exits from your classroom. If the Edwards Campus fire alarm goes off, please proceed with your class to the nearest exit. Do not use the elevators. Please help those individuals who may need assistance in exiting the building.

When you are safely outside, walk to the far side of the nearest parking lot and wait for campus administration to provide you with further directions.

In the event of a power failure, the building is equipped with emergency lights and fire doors, which are activated by the alarms.

Tornado Procedures

Posted in building hallways is a fire/tornado evacuation route that instructors should become familiar with before their first class. In the event that a tornado warning is issued for the Overland Park area, instructions will be broadcast on the overhead speakers of the mass notification system. When the mass notification system/alarms go off, please help those individuals who may need assistance and follow the directions based on the campus building where you are located:

Regents Center: Please proceed with your class to the basement staying in the interior hallways or bathrooms. For your safety, do not shelter in any of the labs and avoid exterior doors. 

Regnier Hall: Please proceed with your class to the basement using the stairwells located at both ends of Regnier Hall. 

BEST Building (East End): Please proceed to the basement using the east stairwell (the side of the building by the circle drive). 

BEST Building (West End): Please proceed to the first-floor bathrooms and into the first-floor stairwell using the west stairwell (the side of the building next to the Conference Center).

Be on alert for the campus mass notification system to send an "all clear" message.

Bomb Threat

In the event of a bomb threat, University and police officials will be notified and a search of the building initiated. If warranted, the building will be evacuated by activating the fire alarm system. Evacuate building using fire procedures.

Medical Emergency Procedures

Call 911. Edwards Campus phones are located centrally in the hallways on every floor in Regnier, BEST and Regents Center buildings. The Regents Center first floor phones are located in the lobby, in the Hawks Nest and outside room 131. After calling 911, it is imperative that you call KU Security at 913-897-8700. Calls from our classrooms will get the emergency teams to our campus, but KU Security will help guide them to the correct classroom. If the medical emergency involves faculty, staff or a student, please email the incident to Lori Wade or call 913-897-8423.