Quick Reference Guide

EXPLOSION

Explosion

DROP - COVER - HOLD

1. DROP to the floor.
2. Take COVER under a sturdy desk or table, or against an interior wall. Avoid windows, tall furniture or hanging objects.
3. HOLD onto the furniture and HOLD your position until it is safe to move.
4. EVACUATE THE BUILDING when it is safe. Do not run.
5. ASSEMBLE without delay in your designated area.
   - Report all absences to the Staffing Deployment Team.
   - Report for duty if you are a member of an emergency team.
6. WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS from the Emergency Operating Center Director/Incident Commander.
7. DO NOT return to the building before it has been declared safe.
8. Don’t light matches, candles or other fires.

Threat of Explosion

1. Don't light matches, candles or other fires.
2. Evacuate the building.
3. ASSEMBLE without delay in your designated area.
   - Report all absences to the Staffing Deployment Team.
   - Report for duty if you are a member of an emergency team.
4. WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS from the Emergency Operating Center Director/Incident Commander.
5. DO NOT return to the building before it has been declared safe

FALLING AIRCRAFT

DROP - COVER - HOLD

1. DROP to the floor.
2. Take COVER under a sturdy desk or table, or against an interior wall. Avoid windows, tall furniture or hanging objects.
3. HOLD onto the furniture and HOLD your position until it is safe to move.
4. EVACUATE THE BUILDING when it is safe. Do not run.
5. ASSEMBLE without delay in your designated area.
   - Report all absences to the Staffing Deployment Team.
   - Report for duty if you are a member of an emergency team.
6. WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS from the Emergency Operating Center Director/Incident Commander.
7. DO NOT return to the building until it has been declared safe.
8. Don't light matches, candles or other fires.

FIRE

Become familiar with the locations of fire alarm pull boxes, fire extinguishers and building exits.

Fire Within Building

1. Evacuate the building. Do not use the elevator.
2. ASSEMBLE without delay in your designated area.
   - Report all absences to the Staffing Deployment Team.
   - Report for duty if you are a member of an emergency team.
3. WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS from the Emergency Operating Center Director/Incident Commander.
4. DO NOT return to the building before it has been declared safe.

Fire Near Building

1. WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS from the Emergency Operating Center Director/Incident Commander.
2. DO NOT LEAVE THE BUILDING unless instructed to do so.

FLOOD

Flood warnings may be received by telephone, radio, or from emergency services officials.

WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS from the Emergency Operating Center Director/Incident Commander.

Possible emergency responses include:

• EVACUATE students/staff to higher ground.
• RELEASE students/staff to go home if appropriate.
• TAKE MEASURES to minimize hazards to students/employees.
• TAKE MEASURES to protect the building and material resources from damage.

GUNFIRE

The Emergency Operating Center Director/Incident Commander or police officers will issue directions, when possible. Otherwise, you will need to rely on your own resources.

• REMAIN CALM.
• CALL 911.
• HIT THE DECK. (Lie flat on ground or floor.)
• AVOID EYE CONTACT with persons holding guns.

If intruders are not in the building and gunfire is heard from a distance,

1. RESERVE EVACUATION
   - Go inside the building.
   - Assemble in designated area.
2. LOCKDOWN
   - Keep students/personnel inside building.
   - Secure building from intruders.

HOSTAGE TAKING

1. CALL 911.
2. Stay calm at all times and cooperate completely with hostage taker.
3. Have immediate access to building maps, keys, copies of emergency procedures, evacuation routes and phone lines.
4. Let officials handle all negotiations.

 

 

Date last updated: March 31, 2010

SCENARIOS

• Biological Attack
• Bomb Threat
• Bomb Threat Checklist
• Chemical Accident
• Chemical Attack
• Earthquake
• Explosion
• Fallen Aircraft
• Fire | Flood | Gunfire
• Hostage Taking
• Illness/Injury
• Lockdown
• Radiation Threat
• Shelter-in-place
• Severe Windstorm
• Smog
• Suicide
• Suspected Child Abuse

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