Fire evacuation drills are coming to a building near you! LCC is holding mandatory fire drills for all students, employees and guests at every campus and location.

We are holding the drills building-by-building from Sept. 18 through Oct. 29. Drills will take place between about 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The exact times and dates of the drills will not be announced in advance.

Everyone who is in a particular building at the time of the drill is required to participate, even if you already participated in another building. The drills are an important aspect of emergency preparedness and are a requirement under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act and MIOSHA (Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration).

All drills will begin with a fire alarm. When you hear the alarm, please proceed out of your building through the nearest exit and wait outside, 50-100 feet from the doors. Do not clog the building entry and exits.

As this is a fire evacuation drill, elevators will not work. If anyone near you requires assistance in evacuating, please help them as you are able. Members of the Building Emergency Response Team, or BERT, will be sweeping the buildings and can also help.

A friendly reminder: The drill cannot end until people are out of the buildings. The quicker everyone exits, the quicker the drill will be done.

Once the drill is complete, you will hear an “all clear” message from LCC Police or a BERT member. Do not go back in the building until you have received the “all clear” message.

Remember, evacuation is one of the five key emergency responses LCC asks all students to know how to handle. This is a good opportunity for us to practice our response as a college community. Thank you!