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Emergency Response Plan

Emergency Response Plan Introduction

Direction & Coordination

  1. Crisis Guidelines
  2. Crisis Communications Plan
  3. Emergency Command Post
  4. Emergency Coordinator
  5. Emergency Director
  6. Emergency Response Plan
  7. Emergency Response Team

Responsibilities

  1. President
  2. Deans, Directors, and Department Heads
  3. Faculty and Staff Supervisors
  4. JMU Administrative Guidelines - Major Disruptions

Emergency Response Team

  1. Emergency Director
  2. Emergency Coordinator
  3. Deans, Directors, & Department Heads
  4. Residence Life
  5. Procurement
  6. Damage Control
  7. Public Information
    1. Public Information
    2. Crisis Communications Plan

Specific Emergency Procedures

  1. Asbestos Emergency Response
  2. Bomb Threats
    1. Bomb Threat
    2. Bomb Threat Report Form - pdf form
    3. Bomb Evacuation Site Announcement
    4. Bomb Searches
    5. Crisis Guidelines
    6. Mutual Aid
    7. Final Exam Week Bomb Threat Alternative Sites
    8. Emergency Telephone Locations
    9. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
    10. Bomb Threat at the Parking Garage
  3. Chemical and/or Radiation Spills or Leaks
    1. Chemical/Radiation Spill
    2. Emergency Responce Plan for Hazardous Materials
    3. Crisis Communications Plan
  4. Civil Disturbances & Demonstrations
    1. Civil Disturbances & Demonstrations
    2. Guidelines for Picketing and Demonstrations
    3. JMU Administrative Guidelines - Major Disruptions
    4. Terminate Demonstration Directive
    5. Cameras as Security Devices
    6. Crisis Guidelines
    7. Crisis Communications Plan
    8. Applicable Virginia Crimes, Offenses, and Motor Vehicle Laws
    9. Mutual Aid
  5. Contingency Plan for Police Communications Center Operations Under Exigent Circumstances
  6. Disaster Resources
  7. Earthquakes
    1. Earthquake
    2. Crisis Guidelines
    3. Crisis Communications Plan
    4. Fire In Your Area - Specific Instructions
    5. Fire Suppression & Alarm Systems
    6. Elevator Emergencies
    7. Electrical Switchgear Systems
    8. Gas Meter Locations
    9. Steam Shut-off Valve Locations
    10. Water Valve Location List
    11. Emergency Responce Plan for Hazardous Materials
    12. Newman Lake Flooding
    13. Mutual Aid
  8. Explosion - Aircraft Down on Campus
    1. Aircraft Down on Campus
    2. Crisis Communication Plan
    3. Emergency Responce Plan for Hazardous Materials
  9. Extreme or Violent Weather
    1. Violent Weather
    2. Weather Evacuation - Site Announcements
    3. Newman Lake Flooding
    4. Snow and Ice Removal
    5. Crisis Communications Plan
    6. Emergency Responce Plan for Hazardous Materials
    7. Storm Water Management
    8. Hurricane: How to Prepare
    9. Radio Broadcast of Severe Weather Watches/Warnings
    10. National Weather Service: Lightning Safety
    11. Guidelines Regarding Lightning
    12. JMU's Lightning Early Warning Alert
  10. Fire
    1. Fire
    2. Fire in Your Area
    3. Fire at the Health Center
    4. Tents & Canopies
    5. Evacuate the Handicapped
    6. Elevator Emergencies
    7. Early Detection & Warning Devices
    8. Fire Suppression & Alarms
    9. Fire Extinguishers & Hoses
    10. Fire Hydrant Locations
    11. Flagging Fire Hydrants
    12. Gas Meter Locations
    13. Electrical Switchgear Systems
    14. Steam Shut-off Valve Locations
    15. Water Valve Location List
    16. Emergency Responce Plan for Hazardous Materials
    17. Crisis Communication Plan
  11. Media Relations
    1. Media Relations
    2. Crisis Communication Plan
    3. Tragedy Statement - President
  12. Medical First Aid
  13. Mental Health Crisis
  14. Missing Students
    1. Missing Student
    2. Bryan's Law - Missing Student
    3. Crisis Communication Plan
  15. Mutual Aid
    1. Mutual Aid
    2. Crisis Communication Plan
  16. Post Critical Incident Trauma
    1. Post Critical Incident Trauma
    2. Dealing with Campus Community Related Death
    3. Crisis Communication Plan Tragedy Statement - President
  17. Psychological Crisis - Imminent Danger
  18. Rapes and Other Sexual Assaults
    1. Rapes and Other Sexual Assaults
    2. Crisis Communication Plan
    3. Emergency Telephone Locations
    4. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
  19. Report of Emergencies
    1. Reporting Emergencies
    2. Emergency Telephone Locations
    3. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
  20. Specific Emergency Procedures List
  21. Utility Failure
    1. Utility Failure
    2. Electrical Switchgear Systems
    3. Elevator Emergencies
    4. Gas Meter Locations
    5. Water Valve Location List
    6. Fire Hydrant Locations
    7. Campus Maps
    8. Crisis Communication Plan
    9. Emergency Telephone Locations
    10. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
    11. Sample Telephone Service Interruption Message
  22. Violent or Criminal Behavior
    1. Violent or Criminal Behavior
    2. Crisis Communication Plan
    3. Tragedy Statement - President

Campus Sources of Assistance

  1. On Campus Assistance
  2. Facilities Management Emergency Shut-down Procedures
  3. Emergency Telephone Locations
  4. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
  5. Pamphelt - Reactions to Crisis - pdf form
  6. Pamphelt - Making a Difference - pdf form

Outside Sources of Assistance

  1. Evacuation Planning Matrix
  2. Does Your Facility Need an Emergency Action Plan?
  3. Evacuation Planning Matrix Checklist Resources
  4. Evacuation Planning and Preparedness Checklist: Incorporating Terrorist Releases
  5. South Carolina's Best Practices Workplace Security
  6. Risk Assessment
  7. EPA's Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Database
  8. EPA's LEPC Database: Detail View
  9. A Method to Assess the Vulnerability of U.S. Chemical Facilities
  10. OSHA's Emergency Action Plans
  11. OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
  12. Mobile Showers

Evacuation Procedures

  1. What to Do First
  2. Building Evacuation
  3. Evacuate the Handicapped
  4. Campus Evacuation
  5. Hazardous Materials
  6. UREC Evacuation Procedures
  7. College of Business Outreach Center Evacuation Procedures

Memorandum of Understanding - Evacuation of Rockingham Memorial Hospital

University Notification Plan

  1. University Notification System
    1. Public Safety
    2. Emergency Telephone Locations
    3. Telecommunications Response to Emergency Phone Outages
    4. JMU Building Coordinators
  2. Crisis Communication Plan
  3. Bomb & Weather Evacuation Message - Specific Site Announcements
  4. Emergency Weather Evacuation - Stadium
  5. Terminate Demonstration Directive
  6. Tragedy Statement - President
  7. JMU's Lightning Early Warning Alert

Method of Procurement of Reconstruction and Restoration Services

JMU Division of Administration and Finance James Madison University Website