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Emergency Preparedness Policy and Procedures

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANUAL

5.00 – EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POLICY AND PROCEDURES

PURPOSE

Notwithstanding Â鶹ÊÓƵÍøվ’s commitment to provide and sustain a safe and healthy work and study environment for all College constituents, pursuant to its Health and Safety Policy, the College recognizes that emergencies can arise.  Â鶹ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ considers emergency preparedness to be of critical importance.  Effective emergency preparedness ensures that the College, as a community, is able to rapidly respond to and efficiently recover from an emergency.

Should an emergency, either manmade or natural, occur, the integrity of the College’s work and study environment can be threatened or damaged.  Â鶹ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ has an obligation to ensure that the threat or damage engendered by the emergency is minimized through effective and deliberate emergency management.  The overall goal is to ensure the safety of staff, students and visitors.

POLICY STATEMENT

Â鶹ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ will undertake to manage emergencies in support of the following goals:

  • Preservation of life and reduction of suffering
  • Protection and restoration of property
  • Restoration of all academic and administrative services

Â鶹ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ will define the activities which will be undertaken to effectively manage an emergency in terms of emergency preparedness, response and recovery through a comprehensive Emergency Plan structured according to accepted planning principles and consistent with prevailing emergency-related legislation.  The Emergency Plan defines the activities that the College will undertake in preparing for, responding to and recovering from an emergency.

Â鶹ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ will implement the Emergency Plan through written Emergency Procedures which will outline operational activities, assign responsibilities and establish schedules with respect to emergency preparedness, response and recovery functions.

Further, in acknowledgement of the College’s role in the community and in the region, the College will, where possible, support the municipality, the region and the province in preparing for, responding to or recovering from an emergency.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HS-5.01 Emergency Plan

HS-5.02 Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)

HS-5.03 Emergency Response Procedures for Normal Working Hours

HS-5.04 Emergency Response Procedures for Other than Normal Working Hours

HS-5.05 Procedures for Inclement Weather, Power Outage and Other Physical   Disruptions

HS-5.06 Emergency Evacuation for Students with Mobility Disabilities HS-5.07A    Bomb Threat Procedures

HS-5.07B              Bomb Threat Report

HS-5.08 Suspicious Person or Threat Procedures

HS-5.09A              Full Lockdown/Code Red - Armed Intruder Procedures

HS-5.09B Full Lockdown/Code Red Situation

HS-5.10 Emergency Procedures – Communications

HS-5.10A              Emergency Telephone Communications HS-5.10B             Sample Communiqués – Phone System

HS-5.10C     Emergency Signage

HS-5.10D                              Sample Communiqués – Media

HS-5.11  Map of Main Campus

HS-5.12 Emergency Recovery Planning Guidelines

HS-5.13 Emergency Response Procedures – Â鶹ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Child Development Centre

HS-5.14 Pandemic Influenza Plan