Are you ‘zombie ready’? Surviving a zombie attack, or any other kind of emergency or disaster, is all about being prepared. If zombies were to descend upon Chapel Hill, would you be ready? Do you have an emergency kit ready with food, water, medications and other supplies? Have you made an emergency plan with your family and friends, so you know who to contact or where to gather? Do you know how to assist someone who is bleeding or how to extinguish a fire?
On Sept. 22, keep an eye out for zombies roaming campus and join us in the Pit at the Zombie Preparedness Festival to learn more about how to prepare for a zombie attack and emergencies of all kinds. Campus departments, student groups and local partners will provide hands-on demonstrations and share information on safety and emergency preparedness.
All attendees will receive a festival passport. Get your passport stamped at various tables, turn it in for a free t-shirt (while supplies last), and be entered to win additional prizes!
Special Thanks
We would like to give special thanks to the partners that helped make the Zombie Preparedness Festival possible!
- Original Hollywood Horror Show
- Insomnia Cookies
- Pepsi
- Carolina Athletics
- Carolina Dining Services
- Carolina Union Event Services
- Gillings School of Global Public Health
- UNC General Alumni Association
- Institutional Integrity and Risk Management
- The Rams Club
- Underground Printing
- Chick-Fil-A
- Home Depot
- Jersey Mike’s
Zombie Preparedness Festival Exhibitors
- Carolina Ready
- UNC Police
- EHS Fire Safety and Emergency Response
- Carolina Dining Services
- North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
- Transportation and Parking
- Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Compliance
- Student Affairs
- Campus EMS
- Stop the Bleed
- Association for Carolina Emergency Response and Injury Prevention (ACERIP)
- Graduate and Professional Student Government
- Gillings School of Global Public Health
- Off-Campus Student Life
- Sports Medicine
- UNC Health
- Orange County Emergency Management and Emergency Medical Services
- Orange County Sheriff’s Office
- Orange County Animal Services
- South Orange Rescue Squad
- Chapel Hill Fire Department
- Chapel Hill Police Department
- National Weather Service
- North Carolina Emergency Management
- North Carolina State Highway Patrol
- North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal
- Original Hollywood Horror Show
| Organization | Demonstration |
|---|---|
| Carolina Dining Services | Cooking gourmet with emergency food supplies and food safety |
| UNC Police | Self-defense |
| EHS Fire Safety and Chapel Hill Fire Department | Fire extinguishers, home cooking fire demonstration |
| North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal | Sprinkler trailer *Demonstration will take place on Polk Place, 12:15 p.m.* |
| Chapel Hill Police Department | Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) simulator, impaired googles |
| Orange County Emergency Management | What is in an emergency kit |
| Orange County Emergency Medical Services | Compression-only CPR |
| Orange County Sheriff’s Office | DUI simulator |
| Orange County Fire and Life Safety | Virtual reality goggle fire safety in sprinkler building demonstration |
| North Carolina State Highway Patrol | What should be in a roadside emergency kit |
| Campus EMS | Zombie bite bandaging and wound care |
| Stop the Bleed / ACERIP | Zombie bite tourniquet and bleeding control |