Emergency Preparedness for the Classroom and Campus

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Emergency Preparedness for the Classroom and
Campus

• Noreen Light
• Faculty Development Coordinator
• Washington State Board for Community and
  Technical Colleges
• nlight_at_sbctc.edu
• 121908

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

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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.

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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

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

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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

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Self-assessment

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

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• Shots Fired
• When Lightning Strikes
• (Center for Personal Protection and Safety, 2007)
• 15 minutes

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Most likely target

• Domestic violence
• Human resources department or person responsible
  for firing/flunking the angry person
• Random? rarely

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Breaking the stereotype

• Just a brief - 3 min visual

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Is it just another fire drill?

• How fast does a room heat up to the point of
  flashover?

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• Short 2.5 minute video clip

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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

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Fire Extinguishers
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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.)

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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."

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Are you ready for the big one?

• Self-sufficient for 3 days?

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Practice makes

• Permanent!

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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.

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Lives saved!

• In King county, 45 of witnessed ventricular
  cardiac arrest patients in 2005-2007 survived!
• linked todispatch-assisted CPR,
  EMT-defibrillation, public access defibrillation

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• Short 1 minute video clip of adult CPR

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

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• 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

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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 whats the direct phone number?

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CISD

• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing

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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_at_sbctc.edu