res hall safety issues in emergency situations

1. ✚ Res Life Safety Adri, Alex, Andrew, & Dwayne res hall safety issues in emergency situations

2. ✚ Audience Learning Goals & Overview res hall safety issues in emergency situations

3. ✚ OSHA regulations Standards 29 CFR • 1910.38(b) Written and oral emergency action plans. An emergency action plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review. However, an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally to employees. • 1910.38(c)Minimum elements of an emergency action plan. An emergency action plan must include at a minimum: • 1910.38(c)(1) Procedures for reporting a fire or other emergency; • 1910.38(c)(2) Procedures for emergency evacuation, including type of evacuation and exit route assignments; • 1910.38(c)(3) Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant operations before they evacuate; • 1910.38(c)(4) Procedures to account for all employees after evacuation; • 1910.38(c)(5) Procedures to be followed by employees performing rescue or medical duties; and • 1910.38(c)(6) The name or job title of every employee who may be contacted by employees who need more information about the plan or an explanation of their duties under the plan. Source: Occupational Safety & Health Administration

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5. ✚ Prevention Mitigation & What to do and know before things go wrong Preparation

6. ✚ - The action(s) to decrease the likelihood that an event or crisis will occur - The action of stopping something from happening Prevention

7. MitiGation ✚ Mitigation: - Action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something - Action(s) to eliminate or reduce the loss of life and property damage related to an event(s) that cannot be prevented

8. Preparation ✚ • Consider Existing Efforts • Develop methods for communicating with the staff, students, families, and media • Obtain necessary equipment and supplies • Prepare for immediate response • Maps and Facilities Information • Practice • Address Liability Issues It is a certainty that a crisis will occur in schools. Good planning will facilitate a rapid, coordinated, effective response when a crisis occurs. Being well prepared involves an investment of time and resources—but the potential to reduce injury and save lives is well worth the effort.

9. ✚ Response & What to remember when “it all goes down” Recovery

10. ✚ Response & Recovery • Call Campus Safety • Identify Imminent Threat • Location, Location, Location. • “So, who is here?” • Municipal/Medical Response

11. ✚ When Things Go Really Wrong ROLES • Advocating for students who have lost • Counseling/Response • Viewed as “Spokesperson” to Media OBJECTIVES • Clothing, water, shelter. • Electricity/power. • Medical Help • Facilitate Exit of Campus Entirely

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13. Some Sources FEMA - http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/ and http://www.fema.gov/institution/university.shtm OSHA - http://www.osha.gov/index.html READY.gov – www.Ready.gov Department of Homeland Security - http://homelandsecurity.tamu.edu/safe-schools/response-to-prior-emergencies/ UCLA: http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.2bceb61fc98129c1ae13e110f848344a/?vgnextoid=cba9a75eb8724110VgnVCM100000dcd76180RCRD DERA (Disaster Preparedness Emergency Response Association)http://www.disasters.org/ Emergency Response Plan– UCSD http://www-bfs.ucsd.edu/emerg/ucsdemp.htm APU – different plans for different scenarios http://www.apu.edu/response/procedures/ Cal State University Mandates for Emergency Response Plans http://www.calstate.edu/EO/EO-1013.html Colorado State University – different contacts for all different types of disasters http://www.ehs.colostate.edu/WEmgResp/ome.aspx Occidental College – very little information. No elaborate plan available online. http://www.oxy.edu/x160.xml University of Colorado, Boulder http://www.colorado.edu/safety/response.html