SAFETY AND SECURITY

SAFETY & SECURITY

Creating a safe environment on race weekend is everyone’s responsibility. You can contribute to the overall safety of the event by reviewing and following the information outlined in this section.

RACE DAY VOLUNTEERS AND EVENT STAFF REQUIREMENTS

Prior to entering Grant Park on race day all participants, volunteers, spectators and event staff must pass through a designated security and bag screening checkpoint. There will be seven checkpoints located off of Michigan Avenue available to participants and specific checkpoints designated for volunteers, spectators and event staff.

All bags will be screened by security personnel. Limiting what you bring with you into Grant Park, or opting not to carry a bag, will expedite the bag screening process and will help maintain an efficient flow of people into the park. Please make sure that you arrive early on race morning to account for the additional time it will take to pass through security.

The designated entrance and security checkpoint for volunteers is located at: • Harrison Street and Michigan Avenue (Gate #7) - Suggested entrance for those checking in at the Harrison Volunteer Compound. - These entrances will open at 3:30 a.m.

The designated entrance and security checkpoint for event staff is located at: • Balbo Drive and Michigan Avenue

EVENT ALERT SYSTEM

The color-coded Event Alert System (EAS) will communicate the status of race conditions leading up to and on race day. EAS levels range from Low (Green) to Moderate (Yellow) to High (Red) to Extreme (Black) based primarily on weather, as well as other conditions.

• Email and website communication during race week will inform you of the current

EAS level and provide race weekend preparation tips. • Updates will be made at the Abbott Health & Fitness Expo via public address announcements and color-coded signs. • On race day, stay tuned to the current EAS level via public address announcements, radio updates and color-coded signs/flags at the start and finish areas and at each of the 20 aid stations along the course. • If necessary, additional emergency information will be communicated via email and/ or text message.

Familiarize yourself with the Event Alert System prior to race day, remain alert for directions from race officials, announcers and group leaders, and take precautions to prepare properly for varying conditions on race day.

HEALTH POLICY

The following health and safety procedures have been put in place to help create a safe environment race weekend. All attendees are encouraged to review and follow safety procedures described below.

• If you have tested positive or been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of the event, please do not participate in or attend the event. • If you feel sick or experience symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g., a fever of 100.4F or higher, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking, muscle pain/achiness, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, nasal congestion, runny nose, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue or any other symptoms associated with COVID-19 identified by the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention) you should self-isolate and not participate in event activities or enter event venues while symptomatic. We encourage individuals experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19 to consult a medical professional for additional guidance. • All attendees must adhere to local and state COVID-19 guidelines and mandates.

• Please follow best practices on personal hygiene, including regular handwashing (vigorous handwashing with water and soap for 20 seconds or application of hand sanitizer consisting of at least 60% alcohol), avoiding touching the eyes, mouth or nose, and covering your mouth when coughing or sneezing. • Individuals who are considered “high risk,” which includes but is not limited to underlying cardiac and pulmonary conditions as well as individuals with immunocompromised states, should consult with their physician and/or reconsider attending or participating in the event.

MEDICAL SUPPORT

Medical support is available at 22 on-course locations: medical tents are located at all 20 aid stations and additional medical tents are located between Mile 14 and Mile 15 and in the final mile. Medical tents are indicated by tall, red, blade signs with the medical icon. Each medical tent is staffed by a team of medical professionals, is equipped with emergency and first aid supplies and has access to ambulance services.

In Grant Park, the Main Medical Tent, Podiatry Tent and Ice Station are located directly beyond the finish line. An additional medical tent is in Grant Park adjacent to the 27th Mile Post-Race Party. For the safety of all participants, volunteers and event staff, only those requiring medical assistance may access the medical facilities. If you feel like you need medical assistance on race day, you are encouraged to seek help from a medical volunteer or visit a medical tent in Grant Park or on course.

Lend a hand, save a life! Participants, volunteers and event staff are encouraged to watch an instructional Hands Only CPR video in advance of race weekend. This training is critical and can be lifesaving.

AMERICAN RED CROSS REUNIFICATION

If a participant is transported to a local area hospital at the discretion of the medical team, the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago’s Reunification Services staff will be on hand in Grant Park to provide information regarding that patient to family and friends. Reunification Services staff can be found in the Information Tents located throughout Grant Park as well as at the American Red Cross Reunification Services area located in the Medical Family Waiting Tent located on Jackson Drive. Family members may also call 888.659.9877 to speak with a Reunification Services Operator to inquire about a patient. Refer to the course map for locations and inform friends and family of this service in advance of race day.

LOST CHILD/PERSONS INSTRUCTIONS – GRANT PARK

In the event you find a lost child/person or are approached by a parent/guardian of a lost child/person, the following steps are to be followed: 1. Keep the child/person or parent/guardian with you. 2. Spend a reasonable amount of time (approximately 2 minutes) checking the surroundings to see if a connection can be made. 3. If you are not at an information tent, walk with child/person or parent/guardian to the nearest information tent. 4. Once at the information tent, the information tent coordinator will place a call to 312.781.6415. 5. Keep the child/person or parent/guardian with you and inform them that the appropriate personnel have been notified through the Monterrey Security network throughout Grant Park. 6. Do not communicate information by radio unless instructed by Grant Park Logistics to communicate over the dedicated Lost Child Channel. Do not relay details about the child over a radio or PA system without permission from Grant Park Logistics.

When you call, speak slowly and clearly and provide as much information as possible (see Lost Child Documentation Form). 7. The information tent coordinator will communicate with an event staff member who will work directly with a Monterrey Security team member to document the situation. They will log all details into the Monterrey Security online system for detail tracking and follow up reporting. The Monterrey Security online system will have information if the lost child or parent/guardian has already been communicated to our team from the other party elsewhere in the park. 8. Monterrey Security will broadcast the information to their network of staff throughout Grant Park. 9. An additional Monterrey Security Guard will be deployed to the information tent to provide additional assistance. 10. If a parent insists on continuing to search the park, send a Monterrey Security representative, who is connected to the Monterrey network working on establishing the reconnection, with the parent. 11. Upon reuniting the child/person and parent/guardian, Monterrey Security or law enforcement official will request to see identification prior to releasing the child/person. A Monterrey Security Guard must be present, and Monterrey must document the exchange to close the case. 12. If you are approached by an individual who cannot locate their runner, direct them to the nearest info tent where runner-look up, medical patient tracking and

American Red Cross Reunification Services are offered. Once at the info tent if the individual feels as though it is an emergency have them contact the police by calling 9-1-1.

Care guidelines • No food or drink should be offered, except for plain water in case of allergies • Staff should kneel or sit while talking to child to create a sense of comfort • Staff should speak in a calm, quiet and soft voice to limit alarm or frightening the child • Dispatch a security guard based on current location using identified light pole #, tent name or another landmark • Upon reuniting the child/person and parent/guardian a Monterrey security guard or law enforcement official must be present

RUNNER DOWN

• Scene safety - Make sure YOU are safe • If it is not safe, what can you do to make it safer? • Notice where you are: Location (address, street corner, light pole number). • Notice the position of the runner (lying down, sitting, standing) and whether conscious, breathing, and moving. • If sick/injured person is a part of the event (runner, spectator, staff, volunteer, vendor), call the Medical Emergency number (312.781.6408) to request help. Be prepared to identify the participant by bib number. After two unsuccessful tries to reach the Medical Emergency number, call 9-1-1. • Start CPR if necessary and apply AED if present. • If sick/injured person is not participating in or a part of event or if injury occurs outside of race hours, call 9-1-1 directly.

CPR AND AED USAGE

AEDs are located in all medical facilities (main medical tents and on-course medical tents) on race day.

How to operate an AED: 1. Turn the AED on by opening the front cover and pressing the power button. 2. The AED will talk to you and give you detailed instructions. 3. Follow the directions of the AED. 4. You can never hurt a patient by using an AED. How to do Hands-Only CPR: • If a runner collapses and is unconscious, first call for help. • Begin chest compressions by putting your hands in the center of the chest • Push down in the center of the chest hard and fast.

• Push about two inches deep at a rate of 100 per minute until help comes. Tip: If counting the compressions is too tough, try compressing to the beat of “Stayin’

Alive.”

UNATTENDED PACKAGES

If you see an unattended bag or package, follow the three “C’s.” • Claim: Ask if anyone in the area claims the item. If no one claims it, then go to the next step • Cop: Tell the nearest police officer about the bag. If there isn’t a police officer nearby, then go to the next step • Call: If there isn’t a police officer is nearby, call (312.781.6415). If you cannot reach this number after two attempts, call 9-1-1

Do not touch or attempt to move the package. Quietly move people away from package without causing a disruption or panic.

ACTIVE THREAT

If an active threat is in your vicinity, follow the steps below: • Run: Have an escape route and plan in mind, leave your belongings behind and keep your hands visible • Hide: Hide in an area away from the threat, block entry to your hiding place and silence your mobile devices • Fight: As a last resort, and only when your life is in imminent danger, act. Attempt to neutralize the threat.

Call 9-1-1 when it is safe to do so.

Provide law enforcement or 9-1-1 operator the following information: • Location of the active threat • Physical description of those involved • Number and type of weapons, if applicable • Number of potential victims at the location When law enforcement arrives: • Remain calm and follow instructions • Put down any items in your hands (i.e., bags, jackets) • Raise hands and spread fingers

• Keep hands visible at all times • Avoid quick movements toward officers such as holding on to them for safety • Avoid pointing, screaming or yelling • Do not stop to ask officers for help or direction when evacuating

EVACUATION PLANS

Follow the directions of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and/or event organizers. Event organizers will issue instructions to race officials (aid station captains/leaders, zone managers, etc.) through the radio dispatch team in the Forward Command facility.

• Follow the directions of the Chicago Police Department or event organizers. • If you are in immediate danger, evacuate to a safe location. • If you self-evacuate or are part of a larger evacuation, once you are safe, call the

Race Support (312.781.6417).

RACE PAUSE PROCEDURES

If a dangerous course condition arises resulting in a decision by Chicago Police Department and event organizers implement a race pause, follow these procedures when instructed by the event organizers from the Forward Command facility:

• Aid station personnel in the affected area will pull a rope with red banner flags and barricades across the race course and instruct available aid station members and course marshals to stand on the course holding the rope to halt oncoming runners.

Stop signs and bullhorns are in aid station supply crates and will be used to help stop runners. • The DJ/PA announcer will make announcements to notify participants of the stop and hold. • HAM radio operators, located in the Medical Tent, will be responsible for changing

EAS flags. • Event Alert System (EAS) course condition flags in the affected area will be changed to BLACK. • Once runners are stopped, medical volunteers will scan the crowd for runners requiring medical assistance.

RACE DIVERSION

A race diversion is a change in the marathon route due to a dangerous condition on the roadway. This would occur after a race pause and only in the direction of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). There are two types of diversions. A race re-direct is a short

change in the course around a problem area that brings runners back to the original course after a few blocks. A race re-route is a larger course change that utilizes a new route. To implement a race diversion:

• CPD and event organizers will work closely to minimize race disruption while maintaining safety. • Event organizers and CPD will review new route for security and safety. CPD will issue instructions to police commanders. Event organizers will issue instructions to race officials (aid station captains/leaders, zone managers, etc.) through the radio dispatch team in the Forward Command facility. Race officials will communicate these instructions to event staff and volunteers.

PROHIBITED ITEMS

The use of selfie-sticks, camera mounts, video devices, computers or any similar devices by anyone while participating in the event is prohibited.

Music devices with headphones are permitted for use on the course; however, participants must be alert to their surroundings at all times and must pay attention to important announcements made in Grant Park and along the course.

Additional prohibited items on the course route include but are not limited to: large bags (backpacks, suitcases and rolling bags), hard-sided coolers, costumes covering the face, any non-forming bulky outfits extending beyond the perimeter of the body, props and non-running equipment, pets/animals (except for service animals), alcoholic beverages, illegal substances, chairs, weapons, remote controlled aircrafts and drones. Camelbaks® and any type of hydration backpack. For the avoidance of doubt, fuel belts and hand-held water bottles are allowed.

Please note, any items deemed to be dangerous or inappropriate will be confiscated at the sole discretion of security personnel.