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NOVA
Northern Virginia Community College
What Faculty Need to Know
During a Classroom Emergency
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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. Fire
II. Violent Incident
III. Suspicious Person/Object
IV. Hazardous Material
V. Tornado
VI. Earthquake
VII. Bomb Threat
VIII. Power Failure
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Emergencies
Evacuate
Shelter
Fire or Suspected Fire
Flooding
Loss of Electrical Power?
Severe Weather
Indoor Hazardous
Materials
Exterior Hazardous
Materials
Earthquake
When instructed by
Campus Authorities
Other:
Bomb Threats (May require shelter in place or evacuation)
Active Shooter (Run, Hide, Fight) see
Campus Police for details
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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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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:
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Student Emergency Procedures PPT
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.
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Resources
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Get Info
www.nvcc.edu/emergency
NOVA Emergency Action Plan
(EAP)
Emergency
procedure
posters in
classrooms
and across
campus
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Get Help
Emergency
phones found
outside around
campus
Panic buttons on
classroom and office
phones
Emergency
phones found
in some
hallways
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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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Get Alerted
Good communications is the key to crisis awareness. Sign up for
NOVA Alert at:
http://alert.nvcc.edu
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Homework
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
• Click
to find the Emergency Action Plan
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• Have a plan if the College is closed—and communicate it with
your students ahead of time.
• Review the College’s Inclement Weather Procedures and
Closing Information at www.nvcc.edu/emergency.
• Be prepared at home and in your vehicle.
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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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