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.

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If outside, stay as low to the ground as possible, and find any kind of cover.

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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:

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The shooter’s location.

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Injuries.

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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.