Emergency Preparedness Workshop

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Emergency Preparedness Workshop

• Department of Campus Safety

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AGENDA

• Emergency Management Overview
• Emergency Management Structure Organization Chart
• Skidmore Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
• http//www.skidmore.edu/emergency/
• Emergency Communication
• Skidmore Urgent Notification System (SUNS),
  Siren, Text Message,
• Website, Email, Facebook, Twitter
• Preparing for Emergencies
• Review Emergency Procedures Poster
• Responding to Emergencies What do you need to
  know?
• Lockdown/Shelter in Place/Escape
• Tornado/Severe Weather
• Active Shooter
• Questions, Suggestions Feedback

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Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
(CEMP) http//www.skidmore.edu/emergency/
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Evacuations

• Evacuations Procedures
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• Become familiar with evacuation routes and
  Evacuation Assembly Points. Relay this
  information to people in your building/department
• Do not use elevators to evacuate
• Check upper floor stairwells where people with
  disabilities will move to await assistance in
  evacuation. If occupied, relay information to
  Campus Safety

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EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT RESCOURCES

• Evacu-trac locations
• Campus Safety, Jonsson Tower Basement
• Jonsson Tower 11th Floor
• Palamountain Hall 4th Floor
• Saisselin Art Building 2nd Floor
• Scribner Library 3rd Floor
• Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
  locations
• Campus Safety, Jonsson Tower Basement
• Case Center Burgess Café
• Dana Outside Rm 372
• Dining Hall Atrium Café/Cash Register
• JKB Theater Ticket Booth
• Palamountain Hall 2nd Floor
• Williamson Sport Center Main Lobby
• Zankel Music Building Lobby Coat Room
• Fire Extinguishers
• Various Locations Throughout Campus

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EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONSkidmore Urgent
Notification System (SUNS)

• Outdoor Siren/PA System (located atop the
  library) would be activated to alert campus
  community members who are out-of-doors on campus
  of an imminent danger or emergency, to take
  notice of their immediate surroundings which may
  require seeking shelter or evacuation of the
  area.
• e2Campus Service sends mass urgent
  notification/alerts to enrolled members
  (Student's are automatically enrolled - Faculty
  and Staff should self-enroll). Alerts, which
  will identify the emergency and provide
  instructions on what you should do, are sent
  automatically to
• SMS/Text Message
• Email
• Voice Mailboxes (if equipped)
• Skidmores Main Website (will report Emergency
  Alerts and ongoing updates)
• Skidmores Facebook Twitter accounts.
• Personal Contact
• Flyers
• Room to Room notice in Residential buildings
• Communication between colleagues (formerly phone
  tree)

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Shelter In Place

• You may be advised to "shelter in place" rather
  than evacuate your building during emergency
  situations such as large hazardous material
  releases or severe weather emergencies. Advice to
  shelter in place will be conveyed through
  official notification systems.
• Stay inside the building or go indoors as quickly
  as possible if you are working outside.
• Close windows to provide tighter seal against
  chemicals vapors, smoke and/or fumes.
• Locate supplies you may need such as food, water,
  radio, or flashlights if you have them.
• In case of a tornado, go to a central room or
  corridor where there are no windows and few
  doors.
• In the event of a hazardous material release,
  turn off fans, air conditioning or ventilation
  systems, if you have control of these systems.
  Most building ventilation systems are centrally
  controlled and will be shut down during such
  events.
• Stay tuned and monitor official emergency
  notification systems information for further
  instructions.

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Tornado/Severe Weather Incident

• Your best protection is an underground shelter
  (or basement) or a substantial steel-framed or
  reinforced concrete building.
• If your residence hall or campus building does
  not have a basement, take cover under heavy
  furniture on the ground floor in the center of
  the building, or in a small room on the ground
  floor that is away from outside walls and
  windows.
• Stay away from windows to avoid flying debris.
• If you are outside and there isn't time to get
  into a building, take cover and lie flat in the
  nearest depression, such as a ditch, culvert,
  excavation, or ravine.
• Avoid auditoriums and gymnasiums with large,
  poorly supported roofs. If you are in one of the
  all-wood buildings, evacuate to a safer location.
• If you are in an administrative or classroom
  building, go to an interior hallway on the lowest
  floor. Stay away from windows.

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Lockdown

• A lockdown may be preferable during situations
  such as the presence of a hostile or armed
  intruder inside a building.
• A lockdown requires locking doors, windows, and
  barricading oneself to block entry to a campus
  facility, a classroom, or to an office compound.
• The following are general lockdown procedures
• Lock or barricade classroom doors.
• Close windows and window treatments.
• Turn off the lights.
• Instruct everyone to remain silent and not to go
  into hallways.
• Crouch down in areas out of sight from doors and
  windows to conceal yourself as much as possible.
• If you are in hallways during the emergency, seek
  shelter immediately in the nearest classroom or
  office compound.
• If you are in outdoor areas, you should
  immediately take cover.

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Active Shooter ResponseIf you are involved in
a situation where someone has entered the area
and started shooting, the following are a list of
actions that are recommended. Exit the building
immediately. Notify anyone you may encounter to
exit the building immediately.If you are
directly involved and exiting the building is not
possible, the following actions are
recommended Go to the nearest room or
office. Close and lock/barricade the
door. Cover the door windows. Keep quiet and
act as if no one is in the room. DO NOT answer
the door. Defend, divert or attack
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Be Careful About Decisions

• All situations will be DYNAMIC- decisions will be
  based on conditions where YOU are There is no
  one answer
• Plan ahead based on where you are exits, shelter
  areas
• The shooter will not stop until his objectives
  have been met, unless engaged by law enforcement
• Consider the risk exposure created by opening the
  door
• Attempts to rescue people should only be made if
  that can be done without further endangering the
  persons inside a secured area
• The shooter may bang on the door and yell for
  help to entice you to open the door
• Remember the safety of the masses versus the
  safety of a few
• If there is any doubt to the safety of the
  individuals inside the room, the area needs to
  remain secured

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Law Enforcement Response

• Law enforcement will immediately respond to the
  area
• It is important for you to convey to others that
  help is on the way. Remain inside the secure
  area.
• Law enforcements goal is to locate, contain, and
  stop the shooter, not treat the injured.
• The safest place for you to be is inside a secure
  room
• The shooter will not flee when law enforcement
  enters the building, instead he will have new
  targets to shoot
• Remember the shooters mindset is NOT escape. His
  goal is to kill and injure
• The police dont know if you are friend or foe!
• Keep hands visible
• Listen to commands and obey

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Thank you for your commitment and dedication to
the safety of Skidmore College