2005 Safety Meeting
Chabot College Campus Safety & Security
Emergency Medical Service Bldg. / Rooms 3117-3119
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 /// 12 Noon – 2PM
MINUTES
SAFETY IS EVERYONE’S JOB.
12:15pm - 1:30pm
These minutes represent bulleted highlights of the meeting and will not
always reflect specific details of questions, comments or concerns expressed
or shared during the meeting.
PRESENT: Darrell Dolin, Ernesto Victoria, Shari Jacobsen, Theresa Patchin, Dan
Leonardi, Isabel Polvorosa, Rich Duchscherer, and Bobbie Pratt
Welcoming Remarks & Introductions
1. Post Critical Event debriefings – An informal discussion of how we deal with
the aftermath of traumatic events. Ernesto Victoria – Speaker
Ernesto Victoria (EV) discussed the critical event (three students who died
in 9/20/05 auto accident) and the college’s response to the event. There
was a critical event debriefing held on campus for grieving students.
Ernesto was surprised that a few Instructors, 2 Police Officers and a
Division Dean were present; he thought it was just for students. Ernest
said there was some awkwardness not knowing professionals and Chabot
Community was present. Several lessons were learned from this real life
experience and we will have a much better idea of how we can
comprehensively identify and address the needs of all aspects of the
college community, while respecting the need for privacy. EV commented
that Rebecca Otto was well supported by her Div. Dean Sarah “Sally”
Jahnke.
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2. Evening & Saturday administrators / “Administrators on Duty” [AOD] – a
discussion of duties, practices & experiences. This is intended to be both an
information sharing & gathering process.
MacGreagor said he’s up to 5 pages for the ODA (On Duty Administrator)
handbook. If anyone has information, to add to the handbook e-mail
Security.
• Security instructs new ODAs on how to use the pager and 800 MHz
radio.
MacGreagor mentioned that Dr. Carlson is considering the plausibility of
getting Nextels (cell phone/Direct Connect) for ALL Administrators to
enhance our communications capabilities.
Chabot College/Campus Safety is consulting with a local communications
expert in assessing the viability and durability of our current
communications infrastructure and how it would perform in an assortment
of critical events.
3. Disaster / Emergency / Crisis preparedness– “A Never Ending Pursuit”
MacGreagor explained that Disaster / Emergency / Crisis preparedness is
“A Never Ending Pursuit” accordingly it will be discussed at almost every
committee meeting. He explained that Chabot College does have a plan
and it is being revised, to make it more user friendly and self explanatory.
He explained that Chabot uses SEMS (Standardized Emergency
Management System) and ICS [Incident Command System].
SEMS was developed by the State of California as a result of years of
responding to campaign fires and large coordinated events. The California
Office of Emergency Services [OES] has a comprehensive website which
addresses this topic.
Comprehensive plans for “Full blown events” or events that impact
multiple jurisdictions are more about management positions and their
responsibilities. There will be training on emergency responses and
critical incident management.
www.oes.ca.gov/Operational
4. OPEN - New Business
a. Q – When should instructor call “911” in a medical emergency?
i. Answer – Reporting and handling an emergency is covered in the
multi colored Emergency/Disaster pamphlets, which can been
found in every office and building on campus.
ii. When you know what the problem is it is easier to ascertain or
determine what assistance is most appropriate and/or necessary.
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iii. However, if you are uncertain or don’t know what the problem is
you should not take any chances…call 911 and then call Campus
Safety @6666 or 6923. TIME IS CRITICAL when summoning EMS
(emergency medical services) as soon as possible. 911, Fire and
ambulance, can always be cancelled once the situation has been
carefully assessed.
b. MacGreagor advised that Altura Communications, SBC and Teledent
Systems are working on repairing the “911” problem. Remember,
currently if are calling from a campus telephone, other than a payphone,
you must dial “8” to get an outside line than dial “911.”
c. Question – What should counselors [or staff] do when they are dealing
with an individual they believe is having some sort of “psychiatric or
emotional problem?”
i. Answer -Consider whether they present a danger to themselves or
others. If you believe they do present a danger, then you should
notify Campus Safety immediately. They will in turn notify
Hayward PD. Legally only a peace officer or a specially certified
clinician can place a person on a psychiatric hold pursuant to
section 5150 of the Welfare & Institutions code [5150 W&I].
Meeting ended 1:30pm.
CLOSING REMARKS
Please encourage your co-workers to attend future meetings.
If you have anything you wish to discuss at a future meeting, please e-mail
MacGreagor Wright ( Mwright@chabotcollege.edu ) on the college GroupWise email.
Future Meetings:
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 @1200 in Room 2340
No meeting in January 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 in Room 2340
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