{"id":197,"date":"2013-04-26T14:09:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T19:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/emergency\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:18:29","slug":"emergency-operations-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/emergency-operations-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Olaf College has adopted an \u201cAll Hazards\u201d approach to emergency response and recovery. When warranted by the severity of the incident, the College will utilize the Incident Command System (ICS) outlined in the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as directed by Homeland Security Presidential Directive #5 to respond to the emergency and on-campus critical incidents.<\/p>\n

Incident definitions<\/h2>\n

Community incident<\/b>
\n\u201cA health, safety, or criminal incident that requires the assistance of public safety or other internal college resources to resolve.\u201d (SOCPS)<\/p>\n

Emergency<\/b>
\n\u201cA health, safety or criminal incident that is larger and more serious in scope which requires the response of Public Safety and \u2018external agencies\u2019 (i.e. police, fire or EMS) to resolve.\u201d (SOCPS)<\/p>\n

Critical incident<\/b>
\n\u201cAn extraordinary event that places lives and property in danger and requires the commitment and coordination of numerous resources to bring about a successful resolution.\u201d (USDOJ)<\/p>\n

Terrorism<\/b>
\n\u201cA violent act or an act dangerous to human life, in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any segment thereof, to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives.\u201d (USDOJ)<\/p>\n

Goals of emergency operations<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • Work to ensure the safety and security of students, faculty, staff and visitors<\/li>\n
  • Protect college property<\/li>\n
  • Maintain college operations and essential services<\/li>\n
  • Assist the community in disaster recovery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Emergency procedures vs. emergency operations<\/h2>\n

    Emergency procedures<\/h4>\n

    Are actions<\/em> taken by students, faculty, staff and visitors<\/em> in the event of an emergency to immediately remove themselves from harms\u2019 way. These procedures include:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Evacuation
      \nA directive for community members to leave the building you are currently in and move to a safer location outside or to another building.<\/li>\n
    • Shelter-in-place
      \nA directive to the community to remain indoors and seek shelter in an inner office\/room away from windows.
      \n– Office\/room doors and windows should be locked.
      \n– Remain in the secure area until the all clear is given by the College or by emergency response personnel.<\/li>\n
    • Lockdown
      \nA directive for community members to shelter in place (close\/lock windows and doors) while the College begins the process to secure the exterior doors to campus buildings to prevent access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Emergency operations<\/h4>\n

      Are actions<\/em> taken by the College<\/em> to prepare for emergencies, mitigate the threat, stabilize the situation and begin recovery efforts.<\/p>\n

        \n
      • Planning and Orientation<\/li>\n
      • Situational Assessment<\/li>\n
      • Notification and Communication<\/li>\n
      • Organization and Mobilization<\/li>\n
      • Recovery & Continuity of Operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Critical Event Response Team (CERT)<\/b>
        \nCERT is a group of experienced college personnel who have significant responsibility for student life, housing, campus safety, facilities management, and communication.<\/p>\n

        CERT Operational objectives<\/h4>\n
          \n
        • Provide an initial response to the incident<\/li>\n
        • Meet with Public Safety for an incident briefing<\/li>\n
        • Assess the current situation and develop a short term response plan<\/li>\n
        • Assemble available on-campus resources<\/li>\n
        • As appropriate, compose and send notifications<\/li>\n
        • Determine if access to the campus should be restricted or the campus closed<\/li>\n
        • Determine if the Emergency Operations Center should be activated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Emergency operations center<\/h4>\n

          The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is the designated physical location where incident command personnel will report to begin the process of responding to the emergency. The EOC location shall be determined by the Incident Commander.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          St. Olaf College has adopted an \u201cAll Hazards\u201d approach to emergency response and recovery. When warranted by the severity of the incident, the College will utilize the Incident Command System […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10220,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3349,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/3349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/publicsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}