Emergency Procedures Training For Students, Faculty & Staff

1. Emergency Procedures Training For Students, Faculty & Staff

2. JMU EMERGENCY PROCEDURES • New posters with critical Emergency Procedures information have been developed. • Can be obtained from your building coordinator. • Can be downloaded and printed directly from the public safety web page. www.jmu.edu/pubsafety/EmergencyProceduresPoster.pdf • You should place a copy on the back of room and office doors to help provide immediate guidance in the event of an emergency. • Please make sure you follow these basic guidelines and refer to the University's Comprehensive Safety Plan for more specific procedures.

3. FIRE EMERGENCY

4. WEATHER EMERGENCYListen for the JMU Lighting Prediction System’saudible air horn alarms: SINGLE 15 – second air horn blast – RED ALERTTHREE 5 - SECOND AIR HORN BLASTS – ALL CLEAR Seek shelter inside a building until notified byUniversity officials that it is safe to leave.If flooding occurs, seek higher ground and avoidwalking through standing or moving water.Stay away from electrical line and devices.

5. HOSTILE INTRUDER

6. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

7. COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN • Complete information on specific situations and how they should be responded to by the campus community and University officials. • Living document continuously updated (currently 4600+ pages of info) • Review it on the web page: www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/index.shtml

8. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN During a campus emergency, JMU will distribute information to the campus community utilizing the following methods: Madison Alert – Campus Horn and PA System JMU Web page at www.jmu.eduBlast e-mail to “ _______@jmu.edu” accounts SMS Text Messages to registered users – Faculty and Staff register through MyMadison Students register through e-campus Building Coordinators ORL Hall Directors and Resident Advisors Interdepartmental and Building Phone Trees Emergency FAX Notifications to JMU Departments Police Loudspeakers and PA Systems JMU “RED ALERT” horns Local Media/CampusTV/Radio Broadcasts

9. MADISON ALERT • JMU is installing a new campus wide outdoor horn and public address system to be utilized in the event of a campus emergency called the Madison ALERT system. • Madison ALERT consists of several large horn clusters located throughout campus that can be activated by public safety officials to sound unique horn tones followed by voice instructions on how to respond to any pending emergency. • If/when this system activates, faculty/staff and students should heed any instructions given or check one of the other sources of information identified earlier for further information and specific instructions regarding the campus emergency. • Current roof top horn locations will include Burrus Hall, Showker Hall, CISAT A-1 Building and White Hall in the Village.

10. TEXT & VOICE MESSAGING • JMU now has the ability to broadcast text and voice messages to Students & Faculty/Staff during a campus emergency. • You must register in order to receive JMU Emergency Text Messages. • Faculty/Staff must sign up through the MyMadison accounts webpage. • Students must sign up through • the e-campus accounts webpage.

11. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY • “ We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.” • James Madison University's mission, vision and values statements reaffirm the university's long-time commitment to meeting the needs of its students. In one simple sentence the mission states JMU's commitment to the country and society. • As an institution JMU proactively strives to create the safest environment possible. However in accordance with our mission we must also help the individuals within our community to learn how to make responsible decisions that will prepare them for the hazards they may face in our world today and tomorrow. • With that in mind we encourage you to learn about and utilize • these additional resources and services to help you stay safe.

12. JMU Right to Know – Clery Report A value tool available to every member of our community is the Annual “Your Right to Know – Clery Crime Report” published by the University every Fall which highlights the many ways JMU and its citizens can protect themselves. Please take the time to review the annual reports on-line at: http://www.jmu.edu/pubsafety/RTKtable.shtml

13. SAFETY ESCORTS • Provided by public safety staff (Cadets & Officers). • Student cadets provide escorts during evening hours. • Based on resources, it may be walking or riding escort. • Primarily intended for students that must travel across campus alone at night. • Call: 540-568-6913

14. REPORTING EMERGENCIES • CALL JMUPD IMMEDIATELY! • Police/Fire/Medical EMERGENCY!540-568-6911 • Alternate Emergency Number! 540-442-6911 • On-Campus phones only need to dial!6911 • Use Emergency & Blue Light Phones • SIMPLY PRESS THE RED BUTTON • Over 341 phones inside and outside of building doors, along sidewalks, and in parking lots across campus

15. SEVERE WEATHER WARNING • JMU Lightning Prediction System • Single 15 second air horn blast RED ALERT – Seek Shelter Inside Now! • Three 5 second air horn blasts ALL CLEAR – Threat no longer exists! • Campus Coverage • 2 Sensors Cover Campus (UREC & Memorial Hall Complex) • 6 Remote Horn / Strobe Locations UREC Roof / Memorial Hall Roof / Anthony Seeger Roof / Godwin Hall Roof / Reservoir Street Soccer Fields / R1 Parking Lot near Village. • 30 Remote Desktop Clients Across Campus. • UREC Sensor Web Monitoring http://weathergrid.net/jmu/ • MEMORIAL Sensor Web Monitoring http://weathergrid.net/jmu2/

16. “Protect and Serve”They are more than just words to us.They are our commitment to you!

17. James Madison University Department of Police and Public Safety 821 South Main Street – MSC 6810 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Emergency: 540-568-6911 (Or dial just 6911 from any on-campus phone) Non-Emergency/Escorts: 540-568-6913 Alternate Emergency: 540-442-6911 (If campus phone circuits are not working) Fax: 540-568-3308 www.jmu.edu/pubsafety

18. POST TEST It’s now time so see how much you have learned. Please point your web browser to the following URL to complete a brief on-line Quiz: https://websurvey.jmu.edu/ss/wsb.dll/193/EmerProcTrainPostTest081408.htm