I want to encourage each of you to promote the Floor Captain Safety Liaison Program (see attached) within your respective areas.  Floor Captains are critical to campus preparedness and safety, whereby they receive training on evacuation/shelter-in-place procedures, assist persons with disabilities via the Evac-chair, serve as the eyes and ears of public safety within our community, as well as promote crime prevention awareness and active shooter preparedness.  

As a brief update of the program, we currently have 206 active Floor Captains across all three campuses.  The UTSA Office of Emergency Management was recently awarded a grant through the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, whereby the program has the capability to train up to 100 new and returning faculty/staff volunteers over the next two years.  Let’s take advantage of this excellent opportunity and further encourage our employees to join the program and make UTSA the safest campus to work, live, and learn. 

If anyone in your area is interested in joining the Floor Captain Safety Liaison Program, please have them contact the UTSA Office of Emergency Management at x6851 or by email at BePrepared@utsa.edu. 

Thanks!

Kerry