• Evacuation
• Bomb threat
• Earthquake
• Fire
• Medical Emergency
• Robbery
• Snow Closure
• Violent Person

Please take a few minutes each quarter to review the following information. In the event of a real emergency, this information could mean the difference between survival or becoming a statistic.

Bomb Threat

Bomb threat by phone

• Keep the caller on the line as long a possible
• Have someone else call 911 and security
• Report the call to your supervisor
• Complete the bomb threat check list
• Do not use any radio or electrical equipment until advised to do so (except the telephone)

Bomb threat by mail

• Report suspicious packages to security
• Evacuate the area calmly
• Again, do not use any radios or electronic equipment (except the phone)

Suspicious packages or mail may have the following characteristics:

• No return address
• Tightly wrapped with tape, twine or heavy wrapping material
• Bulging, leaking or unusual odor

Earthquake

Preparation, safety tips before the quake

• Anchor heavy objects, furniture, equipment or objects with sharp edges, made of glass or other fragile material
• Pictures or wall hangings should be screwed to the wall
• Determine safe locations for cover: under tables, desks or door frames

During the quake, indoors

• Remain calm
• Take cover, use hand and arms to cover head and neck
• Stay away from windows, mirrors, glass doors, food service equipment, gas or steam lines
• Before leaving cover, wait a few minutes after the quake, aftershocks may occur
• Do not us matches, lighters, candles or cigarettes
• Do not turn on electrical equipment

During the quake, outdoors

• Stay outdoors during the quake, move to open spaces away from buildings, trees, wires or overhead fixtures

After the quake

• Check yourself for injuries, then check others
• Check your area for hazards, gas fumes, live wires, falling debris. Report any hazards to security
• Report injuries immediately, then administer first aid.
• Use only a safe light source (flashlights or light sticks)

Evacuation

Evacuations may be campus wide, by building, floor or area. Evacuation routes are posted on the door of each occupied space on campus. Know your route!

Faculty members with a class in session should maintain an accurate accounting of attendance and carry that document during an evacuation. Every student must be accounted for during an emergency. Failure to do so will lead to unnecessary efforts to locate missing individuals.

In the event of an evacuation, instructors, floor wardens and building wardens will:

• Account for all individuals under their span of control
• Report injuries, casualties, hazardous conditions and missing individuals to their floor or building warden who will report to security or emergency personnel

A continuous alarm will signal an evacuation.

• Follow instructions in an orderly fashion
• Exit calmly and quickly
• Assist others in your area, especially injured or disabled persons
• Do not use elevators
• Check walkways and stairwells for damage or debris
• Meet in designated assembly area
• Check in with your teacher, floor warden or building warden before leaving campus
• Do not re-enter the area until notified by appropriate authorities, an intermittent sounding of the alarm will signal the "all clear"

Fire

• Determine the location and severity of the fire and activate the alarm, report it to 911 and Security
• Safety first! Do not attempt to extinguish a fire yourself without proper training. Property can be replaced, burned flesh cannot.
• If the fire is small and appears controllable, use the appropriate extinquisher in a sweeping motion across the base of the flames
• If the fire persists, abandon the effort and get to a safe area

Medical Emergency

Report the incident to 911 and security or ask someone do it for you.

• Check the area for hazards, gas leaks, flammable material or chemical spills
• Check for airway, breathing and pulse
• Administer first aid, remember "do no further harm"
• Do not move the individual unless absolutely necessary

Robbery

• Remain calm
• Comply with the person's instructions
• Try not to make eye contact
• Try not to stare at the weapon (if visible)
• Concentrate on the physical characteristics of the suspect (race, sex, height weight, hair color, complexion, scars, marks, tattoos.
• Try and remember the exact words spoken
• Do not disturb anything touched or left by the suspect, leave everything as it is

Call 911 and campus security

• Secure the area, ask everyone not to leave until the police arrive
• Do not talk to others in the area about the incident, the suspect or items taken
• Fill out the suspect profile

Snow Closure

North Seattle Community College will notify local television and radio stations in the event of a school closure. Please tune in to get the latest closure lists. Additionally, closure information will be posted on the NSCC web site's homepage and on the Washington State schoolreport.org web site.

Violent Person

• Report the incident to security and 911
• Secure your classroom or work area, close the shades and stay away from the windows and doors
• Clear the area and maintain your distance