PRESENTED BY TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

1. TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS & LOCKDOWNDenton, Dallas, Houston PRESENTED BY TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

2. TRAINING OBJECTIVES • Emergency Notification System • Pioneer Alert • Reporting • University Priorities • Lockdown • Video • Contact Information EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

3. EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM PIONEER ALERT Delivers emergency messages from TWU DPS to an affected campus by the following methods: • Campus computers • Office telephone • Text messages • E-Mail EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

4. PIONEER ALERT CRITICAL 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) EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

5. PIONEER ALERT THE PIONEER ALERT SYSTEM IS TESTED ONCE EACH MONTH EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

6. PIONEER ALERT To receive notification by text message you must have a text-capable cell phone registered in the TWU Pioneer Alert System. Register your cell phone at the TWU DPS website. All university administered computers on the university network are automatically registered in the Alert System and will receive Pioneer Alerts. EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

7. 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! EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

8. 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.) EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

9. UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES DURING AN INCIDENT • Safety of students, faculty, staff, and visitors • Provide information to responding police officers: • type of Incident/event • who, what, when, where, why • how many, how much • Allow police to resolve the incident EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

10. LOCKDOWN “Lockdown Staff” have been designated in each university building. When an emergency occurs they will lock their building’s outside doors. Buildings in which the entry/access system has been installed will be locked remotely by DPS. • Notification by Pioneer Alert • Trained Building Personnel Lock Perimeter/Outside Doors EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

11. LOCKDOWN Lockdown Staff will post signs on outside doors EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

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

13. LOCKDOWN Lockdown Checklist • 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 EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

14. LOCKDOWN • During the lockdown • Do not allow anyone to enter or exit the area • Consider the safety of many vs. the safety of few • BEST TO STAY IN PLACE UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

15. Texas State Risk Management Office provides the below link on their Multimedia area for a short film on Active Shooter. http://www.sorm.state.tx.us/Media/SpotlightOnSafety/ActiveShooter/ActiveShooter.php EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN

16. CONTACT INFORMATION For more information contact TWU DPS @ 940-898-2911or go to www.twu.edu/DPS EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND LOCKDOWN