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Emergency Preparedness for the Classroom and Campus

Emergency Preparedness for the Classroom and Campus. Noreen Light Faculty Development Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges nlight@sbctc.edu 121908. Preparedness as a system Preparedness as a college

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Emergency Preparedness for the Classroom and Campus

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  1. Emergency Preparedness for the Classroom and Campus Noreen Light Faculty Development Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges nlight@sbctc.edu 121908

  2. Preparedness as a system • Preparedness as a college • Preparedness as individual members of a campus community

  3. Clery Act Summary • Schools must publish an annual report disclosing campus security policies and three years worth of selected crime statistics. • Schools must make immediate warnings to the campus community about crimes that pose an ongoing threat to students and employees. • Each institution with a police or security department must have a public crime log. • The U.S. Department of Education centrally collects and disseminates the crime statistics. • Campus sexual assault victims are assured of certain basic rights. • Schools that fail to comply can be fined by the DOE.

  4. System-wide action • HB2507 survey (status of emergency preparedness on campus), 100% completion • Final report due November 1 • Mapping 2008-09– WASPC • 15 campuses - orientation, pre-plan tactical meetings, site visits and data uploading underway • 4 campuses – orientations scheduled

  5. The world in which we live… Economic down-turn Mental health issues Domestic violence And yet…

  6. Washington State Community and Technical Colleges • Close-knit communities • Campus Security Teams • Safety Committees • Emergency Preparedness Plans • Neighborhoods surrounding the campus • Committed, caring individuals – willing to help

  7. Self-assessment • 5 minutes • Introductions • Who • Which department • What type of emergency do you fear most, or feel you are least prepared to handle?

  8. “Shots Fired: When Lightning Strikes” (Center for Personal Protection and Safety, 2007) 15 minutes

  9. Most likely target • Domestic violence • Human resources department or person responsible for firing/flunking the angry person • Random? rarely

  10. Breaking the stereotype… • Just a brief - 3 min – visual

  11. Is it “just another fire drill?” • How fast does a room heat up to the point of flashover?

  12. Short – 2.5 minute – video clip

  13. Fire Extinguisher Skills • Remember P.A.S.S. for Fire Extinguishing Skills · Pull the pin to unlock the handle · Aim low at the base of the fire · Squeeze the handle · Sweep the unit from side to side

  14. Fire Extinguishers

  15. Mogul, Nevada • An unusually intense swarm of earthquakes -- more than 1,000 over … two months -- has struck directly beneath a small suburb of Reno. (LA Times, April 30, 2008.)

  16. Earthquakes • Erwin R., 89, said Friday's 4.7 made him decide to stockpile some earthquake supplies. Renz, who was walking his Labrador retriever Willie through the quiet streets of Mogul Tuesday, said he went out and laid in stocks of canned fruit, vegetables, water and beer, "just in case."

  17. Are you ready for the big one? • Self-sufficient for 3 days?

  18. Practice makes … Permanent!

  19. First Aid and CPR • Breathing • Heart beating • Severe bleeding • 480,000 adults in the U.S. die from heart attacks each year. (King County EMS Annual Report, Sept. 2008) • YOU could keep one of them alive.

  20. Lives saved! • In King county, 45% of witnessed ventricular cardiac arrest patients in 2005-2007 survived! “…linked to…dispatch-assisted CPR, EMT-defibrillation, public access defibrillation…”

  21. Short – 1 minute – video clip of adult CPR

  22. How could you practice your CPR skills? • (Practice makes …)

  23. Annual CPR classes • On campus • Through your local fire department • Through the American Red Cross • Practice with manikins on campus • Review videos • Visualize and walk through the skill sequence

  24. Who ya gonna call? • 9-911 • 911 • What will they ask? • POST this info by your classroom /office phone: • Address, building name/number, and room number • Phone number for call back • Campus security – what’s the direct phone number?

  25. CISD • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

  26. Additional training… Community Emergency Response Teams https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100 for Schools • http://training.fema.gov/EMIweb/IS/IS100SCA.asp For further information, contact your Campus Security Team or Noreen Light - nlight@sbctc.edu

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