Emergency Response Team Workshop

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NORTH LAKE COLLEGE Health and Safety Committee
PRESENTS The Emergency Response Team Workshop
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Topics To Be Covered

• Emergency Response Plan
• Emergency Response Team
• Campus Emergency Procedures
• Campus Emergency
• External Evacuations
• Internal Evacuations
• Support Activities

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Emergency Response Plan
It is the goal of North Lake College to ensure
that each member of the community is provided a
safe educational environment. The North Lake
College Emergency Response Plan is designed to
effectively coordinate the use of college and
community resources to protect life and property
during and immediately following a natural or
man-made disaster on the campus.
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Emergency Response Team
A geographically distributed group trained in the
effective evacuation of personnel during fire and
severe weather conditions and support roles for
various emergency situations.
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ERT Responsibilities

• Become aware of emergency response plans and
  facilitate the activation of the plan.
• Be a key communications contact, reporting to NLC
  Police during the onset of a sudden emergency and
  while that situation exists.
• Act in a predetermined manner to assist in
  evacuations, guide emergency resources to a point
  of need, and collaborate in the ongoing
  improvements to the emergency response plan.

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ERT Make-up

• Administration Group
• Police Department Group
• Health Center Group
• Facilities Group
• Building Groups - One to two NLC faculty and
  staff members per each floor area who are located
  throughout the campus providing coverage during
  all hours of operation.

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ERT Resources

• Each Building Group member will be provided kits
  consisting of
• Identification - Safety Vest
• Flashlight with batteries
• Masking Tape
• Restricted Access Tape
• Utility Knife
• Latex Gloves
• Earplugs
• Anti-microbial wipes
• Megaphone with batteries
• Closed Signs
• Communication device.
• Summary evacuation and shelter information for
  their area.

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Emergency Response Day Team Members

• LOCATION DAY TEAM MEMBER
• A-4 Pam Ford
  
• A-4 Hoyt Riley
• A-4 Carole Gray
• A-3 Pat Henry
• A-3 Linda Washington
• A-3 Linda Ratliff
• A-2 Richard Stieber
• A-2 Patty Loller
• A-2 Mary Roland
• C-3 Lovie Tasker
• C-3 Monica Atwell
• C-3 Mike Huddleston
• C-2 Frances Foret
• C-2 Mike McKee
• H-2 / K-2 / J-2 Paula York
• H-2 / K-2 / J-2 Zena Jackson
• H-3 Jim Casey
• H-3 Charlotte Brown

• LOCATION DAY TEAM MEMBER
• K-2 Zena Jackson
  
• K-3 Nancy Ott
• K-3 Charlotte Brown
• M N Vikki Wheeler
• M N Paul McClure
• P-3 Jeff Williams
• P-3 IT TECH. Division
• P-2 Mike Denning
• P-2 Dennis Frazier
• S F Dan Joutras
• S F Monica Strini
• S F Anita Story
• S F Brian Wallace
• S F Brent Dudenhoeffer
• T-2 Paula Osbaldeston
• T-2 Frank Childress
• T-2 Chip Ates
• T-3 Joyce Larkin

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Campus Emergency
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• Definition -
• A campus emergency is defined as any situation
  that poses a hazard to human life. (i.e. fire,
  severe weather, bomb threat, etc.)
• Campus Emergencies usually require that specific
  actions be taken to lessen the impact of external
  conditions that can cause injury or loss of life.

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Campus Emergency Cont

• Upon notification of a campus emergency, the
  Police Department will initiate the Emergency
  Response plan specific to the nature of the
  emergency.
• Initiations can be made by the audible alarm
  system through out the campus and/ or through
  personnel.
• There are three types of initiations that ERT
  members will be responsible for
• External Evacuation Internal Evacuation
• Support Activities

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External Evacuation
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External Evacuation

• Initiated For
• Fire
• Bomb Threat
• On-Campus Hazardous Material Spill
• Demonstration/ Riots

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External Evacuation Initiation

• Initiated through the use of the audible fire
  alarm tone
• Can be initiated through use of a manual
  mega-phone or through the use of personnel.
• Once initiated, ERT members will gather their ERT
  Response supplies, move to their assigned area,
  and begin assisting with the evacuation.

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External Evacuation The Evacuation

• Ensure that the evacuation is completed as quick
  as possible in a safe and prudent manner.
• Direct all occupants to the nearest exits.
• Be aware that some exits may become blocked and
  unusable and redirection will be required.
• Once the audible fire alarm system sounds, the
  elevators will cease operation.

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External Evacuation The Evacuation

• At least two people should be assigned to
  non-ambulatory individuals.
• Do not attempt to carry a person or wheelchair
  down the stairways. (Unless it is
  life-threatening)
• If further assistance is needed for
  non-ambulatory individuals contact the Police
  Department.
• All evacuation initiations require that all
  personnel at/ in the campus are evacuated.
  Non-compliance will be reported to the Police
  Department.

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External Evacuation The Evacuation

• Clear as much of your assigned area, as is
  allowed, before evacuating yourself.
• Once outside, move all persons at least 300 feet
  away from the building.
• Do not allow anyone to go back into the building
  before the all clear signal is given.
• Once your assigned area is cleared and all are
  evacuated, contact the Command Post and await
  instructions.

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External Evacuation The Evacuation

• The Command Post will be established in Liberty
  Circle.
• The Command Post will function as the hub for
  essential information, emergency assignments and
  overall management of the emergency situation.

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Internal Evacuation
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Internal Evacuation

• Initiated For
• Tornado
• Hazardous Material Spill
• Demonstration/ Riots
• Disruption of Electrical Utilities

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Internal Evacuation Initiation

• Initiated through the use of the audible weather
  alarm tone if a Tornado is spotted in the area.
• All other initiations will be through the use of
  a manual mega-phone or through the use of
  personnel.
• Once initiated, ERT members will gather their ERT
  Response supplies, move to their assigned area,
  and begin assisting with the evacuation.

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Internal Evacuation The Evacuation

• Initiations through the use of the audible
  weather alarm tone will require that all persons
  be evacuated to the following areas
• P-207 P-213 P-219 P-235 P-239 P-249
  P-250
• T-114 T-123 T-148A
• F-117 F- 102 F- 106 Lower Level Lobby
• (Lowest level inner most portion of the building)

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Internal Evacuation The Evacuation

• Initiations through the use of a manual
  mega-phone or through the use of personnel will
  have instructions following.
• This type of evacuation will typically be used
  when it is decided that the evacuation will be to
  keep all persons inside classrooms.
• Can be used for disruptive demonstrations/ riots
  or a disruption in the electrical utilities,
  where as, it is safer to keep everyone inside.
• ERT members would contact all persons inside
  their assigned areas to pass on information.

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Internal Evacuation The Evacuation

• Ensure that the evacuation is completed as quick
  as possible in a safe and prudent manner.
• Be aware that some exits may become blocked and
  unusable and redirection will be required.
• If a weather shelter is blocked or full locate
  areas that are at the inner most portion of the
  campus and at the lower levels.
• If it is a disruption of electrical utilities,
  ERT members will walk their assigned areas with
  flashlights and try to keep everyone in their
  classrooms.

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Internal Evacuation The Evacuation

• At least two people should be assigned to
  non-ambulatory individuals.
• Do not attempt to carry a person or wheelchair
  down the stairways. (Unless it is
  life-threatening)
• If further assistance is needed for
  non-ambulatory individuals contact the Police
  Department.
• All evacuation initiations require that all
  personnel at/ in the campus are evacuated.
  Non-compliance will be reported to the Police
  Department.

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Internal Evacuation The Evacuation

• The Command Post for weather initiations will be
  established in the C Building near the Health and
  Police Centers.
• All other internal initiations, the Command Post
  will be placed as the situation deems necessary.
• The Command Post will function as the hub for
  essential information, emergency assignments and
  overall management of the emergency situation.

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Support Activities
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Support Activities

• Initiated For
• Internal and External Evacuations

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Support Activities Internal/ External

• Members of college administration will meet at
  the Command Post to decide the appropriate course
  of action that may include but are not limited
  to
• Reoccupy - resumption of operations
• Wait - resumption of operations after small
  amount of time
• Suspend - close operations
• The decision will be relayed to the ERT members
  who, in turn, will assume their assigned duties.

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Support Activities Reoccupy

• The order to Reoccupy the building will be
  determined by the Command Post and/ or Police
  Department given the situation.
• No one should be allowed to reoccupy before the
  All Clear is given by the Command Post, Police
  Department, or ERT member.
• A silenced alarm is not an All Clear.
• A debriefing will be held within three working
  days after each activation of the Emergency
  Response plan.

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Support Activities Wait

• The order to Wait will be determined by the
  Command Post and/ or Police Department given the
  situation.
• The Wait order will generally be used when the
  situation is deemed short in length and that a
  safe reoccupation can be completed within a
  reasonable time.

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Support Activities Suspend

• The order to Suspend will be determined by the
  Command Post.
• The Suspend order will generally be used when the
  situation is deemed long in length and that a
  safe reoccupation can not be completed within a
  reasonable time.
• ERT members will assist in closing the campus by
  posting closed signs and securing classrooms.
• Normally, ERT members will be released once the
  campus is secured.

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Questions