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What Faculty Need to Know During a Classroom

Emergency

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BRACE YOURSELF

STUDENTS ARE COMING

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Your Response Matters!Faculty & Staff are the FRONT LINE in Emergency Management

• The employee is an authoritative figure for the student and can influence how the student responds to an emergency.

• Students will look to you for guidance in the event of an emergency, so know how to react!

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What do I need to know?

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What You Should Know:• The two safest and most direct evacuation routes.• The location of campus emergency phones, automated

external defibrillators (AED), and fire extinguishers.• The location of designated assembly locations outside of

the facility.• Locations of shelter-in-place for a severe weather event.• How to respond to various emergencies --- Read the

Emergency Action Plan!

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Types of possible incidents:I. FireII. Violent IncidentIII. Suspicious Person/ObjectIV. Hazardous MaterialV. TornadoVI. EarthquakeVII. Bomb ThreatVIII. Power Failure

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Emergencies

Fire or Suspected Fire

Bomb Threats (May require shelter in place or evacuation)

Loss of Electrical Power?

Indoor Hazardous Materials

Flooding

Active Shooter (Run, Hide, Fight) - see College Police for details

Earthquake

Evacuate Shelter

Severe Weather

Exterior Hazardous Materials

When instructed by Campus Authorities

Other:

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Areas in GREEN are designated as

assembly areas during evacuations.

Areas in RED are potentially

dangerous and designated for

emergency response only.

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EmergenciesEvacuate Shelter

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Where to get information?

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Where to get information?• Office of Emergency

Management and Safety (OEMS) Website– www.nvcc.edu/emergency

• NOVA Emergency Action Plan (EAP)

• Emergency Procedures Postures

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How do I share this with my class?

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Emergency Preparation in the Classroom• Review assembly and shelter sites, location of resources

(extinguishers, AEDs, etc.), and where to find more information.• Utilize existing resources, such as:

– Student Emergency Procedures PPT– Emergency Preparedness Syllabus Insert– Campus Safety Video– Take 10 on the nvcc.edu/emergency website– Emergency Procedures Posters

• Encourage students to sign up for NOVA Alerts.• Assure that persons with disabilities have the information that they

need. You should be familiar with their plan.• Assure all students evacuate the building or move to the safe

shelter area immediately in the event of an emergency or a drill and that doors are closed as buildings are evacuated. Attempt to account for all students.Office of Emergency Management

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Resources

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Get Info

NOVA Emergency Action Plan (EAP)

Emergency procedure posters in

classrooms and across

campus

www.nvcc.edu/emergency

https://youtu.be/Plaw-5RTKWg

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Get Help

Panic buttons on classroom and office phones

LiveSafe App

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Extinguishers

Interior extinguishers in hallways and some

classrooms

Exterior water extinguishers

by building entrances for small mulch

fires

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EMERGENCY!!!Automated

External Defibrillators

(AED) in every campus

building

Green severe weather shelter

area signs designate safe

locations during a shelter-in-place

emergency

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Good communications is the key to crisis awareness. Sign up for NOVA Alert at:

http://alert.nvcc.edu

Get Alerted

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Right Now:

• Add NOVA Police into your cell phone: 703-764-5000

Next 24 hours:

• Sign up for NOVA Alerts at http://alert.nvcc.edu • Read the Emergency Action Plan found on

www.nvcc.edu/emergency

Homework

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Questions and Thank you!!• Thank you for your time. OEM appreciates your effort in

making the NOVA Campuses a safe and rewarding place to attend school and work.

• Should you desire further information on how to be prepared, please contact:– Justin Miller, Emergency Coordinator/Planner

• JJmiller@nvcc.edu • 703-425-5635

– NOVA resources available at www.nvcc.edu/emergency – Campus Police at http://www.nvcc.edu/police/– Additional resources from FEMA at www.ready.gov

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