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Faculty/Staff members who need Individuals with special needs and/or a disability who may need assistance during an evacuation are or other emergency are encouraged to self-identify and discuss with staff in advance who might assist them in leaving the building and/or who will inform emergency personnel of their presence and where they are located so that further assistance can be provided.

  Employees should self-identity any special needs or disabilities (even temporary) to Human Resources.  Human Resources will then notify SUPD and OEHS.  SUPD and OEHS will meet individually with the employee to devise a plan in an emergency situation. Employees should also notify their floor warden.  Students should notify the Office of Disability Services (ODS) who will then devise a plan along with SUPD and OEHS for an emergency situation.  

In the event of a reported emergency The reported emergency in the building, it may be such that evacuation may not always be that evacuation is not always necessary for persons with special needs or disabilities. The individual with special needs and/or disabilities should contact the Suffolk University Police at (617)573-8111 for information and instructions.If the Suffolk University Police Department or

The Boston Fire Department determines that an evacuation is necessary:

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The University Police and Security will notify the emergency response personnel of any special needs and/or disabled individuals.  Registration by special needs and/or disabled individuals to Human Resources and ODS is a voluntary recommendation.  Individuals with special needs and/or disability (even temporary) – or who become mobility impaired are strongly advised to register.  Individual evacuation plans can be developed with SUPD and OEHS, consistent with individual requirements.

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