Emergency Procedures
Emergency Procedures are enacted in the event of a campus emergency such as a fire, bomb threat, suspicious person and/or any immediate threat in the surrounding area outside the campus. Administrators and staff have been trained to respond to these emergencies. It is important that you remain calm during such an event so that you and your classmates can respond to the directions given by your instructor. Students will be briefed on emergency procedures during orientation and the institution will perform safety drills to measure and improve their response time to such incidents.
A Lock Down is any event occurring outside
the campus in the surrounding area where it is determined that
the greatest area of safety is inside the campus. These events
include a fire or chemical hazard in the surrounding area, or a
suspicious person on the grounds.
Faculty and staff members will inform students of this situation
by issuing an auditory and/or verbal “Lock Down” signal. Upon
hearing this signal all students inside the building should return
to their previous classroom to await further instructions. Students
outside of the building should immediately return indoors to their
previous classroom to await further instructions. Faculty and
staff members will secure the exterior doors until the situation
returns to normal.
Upon confirmation that the situation is safe a staff member will
issue the verbal “All Clear” signal to the students.
A Secure Building event is enacted if the threat of violence/gunfire is present and it is necessary to prevent the perpetrator from entering classrooms or other occupied areas. When a “Secure Building” alarm is activated staff and students should return or remain in their classrooms, close and secure the doors either by locking them or barricading them with classroom furniture. Students and staff must remain in the classroom until an administrator issues an “All Clear” signal, at which time it is safe to exit the classroom.
A building evacuation signal is given in the event that it is no longer safe to occupy the building. This can be due to a fire, chemical spill or other hazardous condition. An alarm will sound and students must exit the building according to the evacuation plan posted in each room. Students and staff will assemble at a predetermined designated area that is a safe distance from the building.
