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Gothamist hasn't had the pleasure of bomb scare drills at our office, but Keith at Teleport City tells us that his building's actual procedure when there is a bomb scare is to stay in the building:
I am, however, a bit disturbed that the security protocol for people inside a building that could potentially explode (my office sits above Barnes & Noble) is to not let people leave that building. Or, you know, alert them in any way. Had I not been bored and prone to getting up and staring out the window, I never would have been aware that there was a bomb squad guy downstairs and that the bock had been taped off. Oh well, let that be a lesson to the workers of the world: you should frequently get up and stare out the window for a spell.Eek. Karl Marx never told warned us about this, but we suppose NYPD and the building management company didn't want people freaking out possible buyers at the Sculpture for Living - the tape was probably very discreet.
Updated: inksy on Flickr has a couple pictures of the bomb squad, including the one above.
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A large proportion of the injuries in bombings on urban streets comes from broken glass -- if you tell people inside what's happening, they come to the windows, which is exactly what you don't want. (In the past, the UK I believe, there have been incidents where a smaller device is first set off to attract attention from the people working in overlooking buildings.) Trying to evacuate to the street may not be any better either -- then you end up with crowds of people in the open.
My office is in Times Sq. and there's been several incidents nearby over the past year (all harmless). Uniformly, they kept people inside.
isn't is sad that rachel ray gets 20 comments and bomb threat procedures gets 1?