PRESENTED BY TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS & LOCKDOWN Denton, Dallas, Houston

PRESENTED BY

TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS & LOCKDOWNDenton, Dallas, Houston

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

Emergency Notification System Pioneer Alert Reporting University Priorities Lockdown Video Contact Information

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM


PIONEER ALERTDelivers emergency messages from TWU DPS to an affected campus by the following methods:Campus computersText messagesE-MailCell Phone

PIONEER ALERTCRITICAL SITUATION USAGE Severe Weather(i.e. Tornado, Hurricane, Flooding, Inclement Weather) Health & Public Safety(i.e. Bomb Threats, Explosion, Active Shooter, Hazardous-Materials) General Information(i.e. Additional information concerning incident status)


PIONEER ALERT


THE PIONEER ALERT SYSTEM IS TESTED ONCE EACH MONTH

PIONEER ALERT


To receive notification by text message you must have a text-capable cell phone registered in the TWU Pioneer Alert System. Faculty, Staff, and Students are automatically put into the system; however, if you do not want into the system you must “opt” out. Faculty and Staff by signing into their Phoenix account and students notifying the “help desk”. All university administered computers on the university network are automatically registered in the Alert System and will receive Pioneer Alerts.

REPORTING


When do I call DPS?Examples: Anytime someone threatens to commit or commits an act of violence; Abuses or threatens a person; Uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language; Prevents or interrupts the use of a building; Places individuals in fear of injury

WHEN IN DOUBT CALL!

REPORTING


Call Out Immediately– Dallas, Denton or Houston call 940-898-2911 or 911

Provide specific details of event

TWU DPS will determine appropriate response

Response is based on type of Incident(Weather, Fire, Health, Active Shooter, etc.)

UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES DURING AN INCIDENT


Safety of students, faculty, staff, and visitors

Provide information to responding police officers:

type of Incident/eventwho, what, when, where, whyhow many, how much

Allow police to resolve the incident

LOCKDOWN


Notification by Pioneer Alert Trained Building Personnel Lock

Perimeter/Outside Doors

Faculty and Staff have been trained in each university building. When an emergency occurs they will lock their building’s outside doors mindful of their own safety. Buildings in which the entry/access

system has been installed will be locked remotely by DPS.

LOCKDOWN


Lockdown Staff will post signs on outside doors

LOCKDOWN


DO NOT contact TWU DPS to find out specific circumstances. Once more information can be released-you will be notified by Pioneer Alert.

LOCKDOWN


Lockdown Checklist (suggestions): Close and barricade doors Turn off lights Close blinds Block windows Turn off radios and computer monitors Keep occupants calm, quiet, out of sight Keep yourself out of sight, take cover/protection Silence cell phones Place signs on exterior windows if injured in area

LOCKDOWN


During the lockdownDo not allow anyone to enter or exit the areaConsider the safety of many vs. the safety of fewBEST TO STAY IN PLACE UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY

EMERGENCY PERSONNEL

Training Films available on WEB

twu campus watch 15

www.fbi.gov/.../run-hide-fight-

videohttp://www.sorm.state.tx.us/media/videos/active-shooter-

emergency- preparedness

CONTACT INFORMATION


For more information contact TWU DPS @ 940-898-2911

or go to www.twu.edu/DPS

http://www.twu.edu/DPS

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PRESENTED BY TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS & LOCKDOWN Denton, Dallas, Houston