University of North Texas

Do you know what actions to take during severe weather?  A fire in your building? How about what to do during a zombie apocalypse?

Join Risk Management representatives at 11 a.m. Sept. 7 in the University Union for a day of emergency preparedness education, movies and speakers at the first annual Emergency Preparedness Fair.

All members of the UNT community are invited.

The fair will feature these events:

• Crisis Management and Active Shooter presentation with the UNT Police Department from 11 a.m. to noon, One O’Cock Lounge.
• Twister, the movie about storm chasers, from noon to 2 p.m., One O’Clock Lounge
• Emergency preparedness presentation with FEMA and UNT Emergency Management from 2 to 2:30 p.m., One O'Clock Lounge
• Pets in Disasters, SPCA, from 2:30 to 3 p.m., One O’Clock Lounge
• Backdraft, movie about firefighting, from 3 to 5 p.m., One O'Clock Lounge
• Severe Weather in North Texas, National Weather Service, from 5 to 6 p.m., Lyceum
• Zombieland movie, 7 p.m., Lyceum

Additionally, representatives from the American Red Cross and many other local volunteer organizations will be on-site all day to answer your questions.

To learn more about what you can do to get ready for emergencies and about what UNT is doing to prepare the campus, please visit the UNT Emergency Management website.