Emergency Guidelines

These documents provide management framework for responding to major emergencies that may threaten the health and safety of the Olympic College community, or disrupt its programs and operations. The plans address earthquakes, fires or explosions, hazardous materials, extended power outages, or other major events.

The Olympic College Emergency Plan establishes a line of communication, and an Emergency Management Team (EMT) that ascertains the scope of an incident and advises the College President. The Emergency Management Team establishes response strategies, deploys resources, and initiates the emergency process. The current EMT Leader and Incident Commander is the Vice President of Administrative Services.

Emergency response actions are guided by Olympic College's overriding emergency goals to:
 

• Protect life
• Secure our infrastructure and facilities
• Resume the academic process

The Emergency Management Team will mobilize at a central Emergency Operations Center (EOC), located on campus, and at the selection of the Emergency Management Team Leader. In the event of an emergency the EMT will set up a base of communications with other campus first responders (Security, Physical Plant) via the campus two-way radio communication system. Channel 1 will be cleared and set aside for all emergency radio traffic. Channel 2 will be used to direct other campus personnel. The EMT will gather information from and disseminate emergency bulletins and announcements to offices of the Vice Presidents and Division Heads using the emergency radio channel 1.

Separate department emergency plans should be developed in each academic division. These documents should outline strategies to protect department personnel, programs, and should be coordinated with the campus emergency plan.

An Emergency Planning Safety Committee will review the Plan documents annually and meet to provide general oversight for related policies and procedures.