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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 wardenthe Suffolk University Emergency Manager. The Emergency Manager will notify the Suffolk University Police Department (SUPD) and the Floor Warden. Notification by disabled individuals to the Emergency Manager is a voluntary recommendation. Individuals with a disability, even temporary, or who become mobility impaired, are strongly advised to notify. Individual evacuation plans can be developed with the Emergency Manager, consistent with individual requirements.  

In the event of a reported emergency in the building, it may 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)with disabilities should contact SUPD at extension 8111 or 617-573-8111 for information and instructions.

The University Police and Security SUPD and/or the Floor Warden 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 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, consistent with individual requirements.

Floor wardens will notify emergency response personnel of any other non-ambulatory individuals or persons with special needs and/or disability they know about who are unable to exit the building unassisted.  Transporting of individuals with special needs and/or with a disability up or down stairwells should be avoided without the assistance of emergency response personnel.   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 an area of refuge on the same floor separated by a set of closed fire doors preferably in close proximity to an evacuation stairwell.