For more information, see
Delgado’s Emergency Planning, Response and Recovery Policy
EMERGENCY PLAN
for
SHOOTING
If a person displays a firearm or begins shooting:
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Move to or seek safe shelter. Go to
Lockdown Procedures
.
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Call
911.
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Notify Campus Police at 504-671-6111.
If you hear gunshots:
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If possible, determine where shooting is taking place.
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Seek safe shelter.
o
If outside, stay as low to the ground as possible, and find any kind of cover.
o
If inside, go to lockdown procedures.
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Teachers take attendance and notify the building administrator of missing students
or staff as soon as it is safe to do so.
Building/Site administrator
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Consider implementing lockdown procedures.
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Assess the situation as to:
o
The shooter’s location.
o
Injuries.
o
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Call
911
and give as much detail as possible about the situation.
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Secure the college, if appropriate.
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Help students and staff find safe shelter.
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Care for the injured
if it is safe to do so
until emergency responders arrive. Do not
add to the victim list by exposing yourself to danger.
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Notify Chancellor’s office.
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Refer media to Office of Public relations per media procedures.
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Initiate post–crisis procedures.
Work with local law enforcement to identify their response methods and capabilities.
Provide them with updated building diagrams.
Approved 12/10/08