The following are procedures that should be followed if a BOMB THREAT is received.
FILLING OUT BOMB THREAT FORMS
When a call is received, a BOMB THREAT FORM should be readily available to the person receiving the call. If a form is not available, that person should write down all of the conversation that is remembered. This information is to be turned over to the police.
NOTIFICATION
Immediately call 911 to report the Bomb Threat then call the building’s PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OFFICE (587-1450) to provide the following information:
- Your name
- The telephone you are calling from
- The floor you are calling from
- Your suite number
- The firm you are employed with
- All relevant details of the call/threat
SEARCH
- After notification that a BOMB THREAT has been received, the Safety Warden and Deputy Warden will be responsible for conducting a search of his/her area to include all restrooms, corridors, closets, stairwells, etc.
- DO NOT TOUCH OR MOVE ANY UNIDENTIFIABLE PACKAGES. Immediately report your findings to your firm’s Safety Warden or Deputy Warden. The Safety Warden or Deputy Warden is to notify the building’s General Manager (587-1450) to report any suspicious items found.
EVACUATION
- The Safety Warden and Deputy Warden will decide whether their office will evacuate, unless there is concrete evidence a bomb is on the premises. If this is the case, the entire building would be ordered to evacuate.
- The Building Emergency Organization will contact tenants as appropriate. When a floor is indicated in the threat, the tenants closest to the threatened area will be called first. If no floor is indicated, the tenants with the largest number of employees will be contacted first.
- Any evacuation will be supervised by the building’s Fire Safety Director and the New Orleans Police Department with the assistance of the Safety Wardens, the Deputy Wardens, and the Building Emergency Organization.
- Procedures to be followed by all tenants not in the role of Safety or Deputy Warden or Building Emergency Organization when emergency evacuation of the building is necessary are as follows:
- Follow evacuation instructions. Do not return to your office unless instructed to do so by an authorized person;
- DO NOT USE ELEVATOR;
- If during an emergency you find an exit stairway is blocked go to the other stairway on the floor;
- Handicapped personnel are to advise Safety Warden of their conditions in advance. Plans will be made to accommodate such individuals;
- Walk quickly but DO NOT RUN;
- Keep to the right in the halls, and to the outside walls in stairwells, in single file;
- Hold handrails when going downstairs;
- Merge alternately when two lines meet;
- Do not turn back at any time for any reason;
- No Smoking;
- Keep conversation to a minimum;
- Go outside and meet in predetermined area that was selected by your office Safety Warden;
- Remain in this area until notified by a duly authorized person that it is safe to return to the premises.
- It is the responsibility of each tenant to instruct their employees on the above procedures for orderly evacuation. In offices where a building tenant has areas open to the public, a team should be designated for assisting non-employees in evacuation situations. Traffic control in the stairwell and the lobby is the responsibility of each Safety & Deputy Warden.
Please click here to download the Bomb Threat Form.