OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN

Reporting an Emergency/Crisis
If emergency personnel are required (fire department, ambulance, police), immediately call 911. Tell the dispatcher the nature of the emergency and the location. If possible, wait for emergency personnel to arrive. Reports of all emergency situations and potential crisis should be forwarded to a college official (see call list). Depending on the nature of the emergency, the emergency weather monitor, TV or local radio station will be monitored by the Communications and Marketing.

Declaration of an Emergency
A state of emergency will be declared and the emergency plan initiated by the College President. In the President's absence, the Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean, the Executive Vice President for Administration or Vice President for Student Life and Retention (in that order) can implement this plan. Immediately upon such declaration and initiation, the Vice President for Administration (or other administrator if unavailable) is responsible for staffing the switchboard with an operator. The Vice President for Administration and operator will begin the process of calling together the EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM and other college personnel according to the Emergency Call List

Control Center
A Control Center will be established in the event of a "Code Red" emergency. Communication with the local police or sheriff's department, state patrol, civil defense and other emergency agencies will be managed from the control center. the location of the Control Center will be identified at the time of emergency declaration.

If operable, the campus phone system will be used for all communications. If the campus phone system is inoperable, emergency lines are available. Do not tie up these lines. In either case, campus radios used by Campus Services should be brought to the control center for assignment to authorized individuals.

Media Communications
In the case of an emergency, the Communications and Marketing Office will set up a media communication center. Communication to all media outlets will be managed from this Communications and Marketing Center. C&M will establish this media communication center near or at site of the control center.