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Emergency Preparedness
Step 1
- Review and print the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ's Emergency Response Plan
- Program campus emergency number into a “one touch” button on your cell phone
- Learn multiple routes out of the buildings you visit frequently
Step 2
- Understand that all situations cannot predicted here
- Remember your A-B-C’s
- A – Assess the situation determine if you should evacuate or use containment procedures
- B – Before doing either, visually note your surroundings for hazards (i.e. noises, alarms etc)
- C – Call Public Safety and Communicate incident location, type and injuries
Step 3
- Not every incident requires evacuation, but may require building containment.
- Containment procedures are used when a hazard exists and it is not safe to leave your campus residence, office, classroom, or building.
- Learn the evacuation & containment procedures provided
Download Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ's Emergency Response Plan and use the search feature on the PDF (Ctrl+F) to find essential information on handling possible emergency situations in the following specific crisis protocols:
- Active Shooter
- Bomb Threat
- Chemicals or Hazardous Materials
- Earthquake
- Electrical or Lighting Failure
- Elevator Malfunction
- Fire, Explosion or Smoke
- Gas Leak
- Plumbing Failure or Flood
- Severe Weather
- Steam Line Failure
- Suspicious Package
- Tornado
- Ventilation Problem
Roles and other procedures in an Emergency
Emergency Declaration
The president or designee (most senior executive officer when president is unavailable) shall declare a state of emergency when, upon recommendation of the director of Public Safety, it is deemed necessary to activate emergency procedures and/or close all or part of the University.
The president or designee can convene the President's Council as the situation dictates.
The president or designee shall declare an end to the state of emergency when hazards no longer exist.
The following is the list in order of successions as to who has decision-making responsibility in case of an emergency at Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ:
- President
- Vice president of Academic Affairs
- Vice president of Business and Finance
- Vice president of Enrollment and Student Affairs
- Vice president of University Advancement
- Associate vice president of Facilities Management
First Responder Role
The first responder is the person who discovers that a problem exists.
A specific protocol has been developed for most scenarios. However, a first responder has a general role to play.
Procedure
- IMMEDIATELY go to a safe location and call Public Safety.
- When calling, identify your location.
- Determine the pertinent information (Who? What? When? Where? How? etc.).
- Provide all appropriate information regarding the problem.
- Help keep people calm until the proper authorities arrive.
- After the emergency is over, the first responder will need to verify with the Department of Public Safety the situation at the start of the incident to ensure accuracy of Aftermath Records.
Building Coordinator Role
Building coordinators are responsible for assisting the Department of Public Safety in developing and maintaining individual, site-specific Evacuation and Containment Plans for each campus building.
General Responsibilities
- Knowing the location and approximate quantities of hazardous materials.
- Being aware of employees with mobility problems.
- Knowing the location of emergency pull alarms, fire extinguishers, emergency telephones and exits.
- Ensuring the display of emergency evacuation route maps.
- Alerting building occupants to practice drills and the specific gathering point for the building.
- Identifying floor coordinators, if necessary, to assist in accounting for occupants of each floor.
Incident Management
In an evacuation or containment of the occupants of a building, the Building Coordinator is responsible for:
- Assisting occupants in quickly proceeding to the evacuation or containment gathering point.
- Accounting for occupants.
- Notifying emergency personnel of occupants who are not accounted for.
- Alerting occupants at the gathering point if there is a need for them to move to another location.
- Identify the appropriate person to complete an Aftermath Assessment Report and notify the director of the Department of Public Safety at publicsafety@udmercy.edu.
Emergency Response Coordinators
Building |
Location |
Coordinator |
Campus # |
|
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Architecture |
Building Coordinator |
Dan Pitera |
313-993-1532 |
piteradw@udmercy.edu |
Architecture |
LL Coordinator |
Noah Resnick |
313-993-1531 |
resnicsns@udmercy.edu |
Architecture |
First Floor Coordinator |
Brigette Murphy- Barbee |
313-993-1533 |
murphybr@udmercy.edu |
Architecture |
Second Floor Coordinator |
Cheryl Baxter |
313-993-1533 |
needhaca@udmercy.edu |
Briggs |
Building Coordinator |
Lezly Pruitt |
313-993-1287 |
pruittls@udmercy.edu |
Briggs |
Alternate |
Angela Davis |
313-993-0434 |
davisam3@udmercy.edu |
Calihan Hall |
Building Coordinator |
Timothy Fair |
313-993-1700 |
fairtr@udmercy.edu |
Calihan Hall |
Alternate |
Mike Miller |
313-993-1740 |
millerma@udmercy.edu |
Calihan Hall |
Alternate |
Nicholas Wilson |
313-993-1700 |
wilsonne@udmercy.edu |
Calihan Hall |
Alternate |
Peter Gradowski |
313-993-1700 |
gradowpj@udmercy.edu |
Chemistry |
Building Coordinator |
Mat Mio |
313-993-1188 |
miomj@udmercy.edu |
Chemistry |
LL Coordinator |
Meghann Murray |
313-993-1259 |
murraymm@udmercy.edu |
Chemistry |
First Floor Coordinator |
Jane Schley |
313-993-1258 |
schleyja@udmercy.edu |
Chemistry |
Second Floor Coordinator |
Mark Benvenuto |
313-993-1184 |
benvenma@udmercy.edu |
CHP |
Building Coordinator |
Renee Sumpter |
313-993-3297 |
sumptere@udmercy.edu |
CHP |
Alternate |
Lauren Paton |
313-993-2452 |
sackeyle@udmercy.edu |
CHP |
LL Coordinator |
Liz Boyar |
313-993-2445 |
turzael@udmercy.edu |
CHP |
First Floor Coordinator |
Renee Sumpter |
313-993-3297 |
sumptere@udmercy.edu |
CHP |
Second Floor Coordinator |
Yvonne King |
313-993-1762 |
kingyv@udmercy.edu |
CHP |
Third Floor Coordinator |
Renee Courtney |
313-993-1272 |
courtnrk@udmercy.edu |
CHP |
Fourth Floor Coordinator |
Kathy Putnam |
313-993-4406 |
putmanka@udmercy.edu |
Commerce & Finance |
Building Coordinator |
Leonard Kloft |
313-993-1118 |
kloftlj@udmercy.edu |
Commerce & Finance |
LL Coordinator |
Leonard Kloft |
313-993-1118 |
kloftlj@udmercy.edu |
Commerce & Finance |
First Floor Coordinator |
Wendy Marshall |
313-993-1200 |
marshawl@udmercy.edu |
Commerce & Finance |
Second Floor Coordinator |
LySandra C. Hill |
313-993-1204 |
hilllc@udmercy.edu |
Engineering |
Building Coordinator |
Karla Lewis |
313-993-1217 |
lewiskm2@udmercy.edu |
Engineering |
First Floor Coordinator |
Robert Wade Burke |
313-993-3369 |
burkerw@udmercy.edu |
Engineering |
Second Floor Coordinator |
Carolyn Rimle |
313-993-3362 |
rimlec@udmercy.edu |
Engineering |
Third Floor Coordinator |
Bruce Balconi |
313-993-1657 |
balconbj@udmercy.edu |
Facility Operations |
Building Coordinator |
Bryana Borders |
313-993-1240 |
borderbl@udmercy.edu |
Facility Operations |
Building Alternate |
Sandra Twymon-Orr |
313-993-1240 |
twymonsa@udmercy.edu |
Ford Life Sciences |
Building Coordinator |
Lalisha Griffin |
313-993-1180 |
griffilb@udmercy.edu |
Ford Life Sciences |
First Floor Coordinator |
Maris Polanco |
313-993-1180 |
polancmc@udmercy.edu |
Ford Life Sciences |
Second Floor Coordinator |
Jim Graves |
313-993-1162 |
gravesjf@udmercy.edu |
Ford Life Sciences |
Third Floor Coordinator |
Greg Grabowski |
313-993-1194 |
grabowkgm@udmercy.edu |
Gardella House |
Building Coordinator |
Delanda Dixon |
313-993-3250 |
dixondr@udmercy.edu |
Gardella House |
Building Alternate |
Nicholas Rombes |
313-993-1085 |
rombesnd@udmercy.edu |
Lansing-Reilly Hall |
Building Coordinator |
Ruth Fichter |
313-993-1663 |
fichtere@udmercy.edu |
Lansing Reilly Hall |
Building Alternate |
Fr. Gilbert Sunghera |
313-993-1625 408-398-3381 |
sunghegi@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
Building Coordinator |
Marilyn Dow |
313-993-1090 |
dowmk@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
LL Coordinator |
Kris McLonis |
313-578-0457 |
mclonika@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
LL Alternate |
Joshua Duffy |
313-993-1073 |
duffyjo@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
First Floor Coordinator |
George Libbey |
313-993-1078 |
libbeygh@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
First Floor Alternates |
All Reference Librarians |
313-993-1071 |
edesk@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
Second Floor Coordinator and Second Floor Stacks |
Nicole Shorter |
313-993-1152 |
shortens@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
Second Floor Alternates and Second Floor Stacks |
All Circulation Staff |
313-993-1795 |
circulation@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
Third Floor Coordinator |
Mike Verdusco |
313-993-1299 |
verdusmi@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
Third Floor Alternate |
Erin Bell |
313-993-1104 |
bellee@udmercy.edu |
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
Fourth Floor Coordinator |
Allen Seales |
313-993-1535 |
sealesav@udmercy.edu
|
Library Teaching and Learning Center |
Fourth Floor Alternate |
Erica Graze |
313-993-1811 |
grazeem@udmercy.edu |
Reno Hall |
Building Coordinator |
Valerie Williams |
313-578-0392 |
williamvw@udmercy.edu |
Reno Hall |
LL Coordinator |
Valerie Williams |
313-578-0392 |
williamvw@udmercy.edu |
Reno Hall |
First Floor Coordinator |
Nancy O'Shea |
313-993-1464 |
osheana@udmercy.edu |
Reno Hall |
Second Floor Coordinator |
Valerie Williams |
313-578-0365 |
williamvw@udmercy.edu |
Reno Hall |
Second Floor Alternate |
Richard Rockwell |
313-993-3276 |
rrockwel@udmercy.edu |
Residential Housing |
Residential Housing Coordinator |
Sandra Alef |
313-993-1231 |
alefsj@udmercy.edu |
Residential Housing |
Residential Housing Alternate |
Mike Cunningham |
313-993-1685 |
cunninmp@udmercy.edu |
Residence Hall Holden |
Building Coordinator |
Adrianna Haralampopoulos |
313-993-2562 |
haralaar@udmercy.edu |
Residence Hall Shiple |
Building Coordinator |
Amir Radmanseh |
313-993-1788 |
radmanam@udmercy.edu |
Residence Hall Quads |
Building Coordinator |
Mike Cunningham |
313-993-1685 |
cunninmp@udmercy.edu |
Student Fitness Center |
Building Coordinator |
Deanna Blevins |
313-993-1783 |
humphrdc@udmercy.edu |
Student Fitness Center |
Alternate |
Mike Wynn | 313-993-1783 | wynnmi@udmercy.edu |
Student Union |
Building Coordinator |
Lisa B. MacDonnell | 313-993-1455 | macdonnl@udmercy.edu |
Student Union |
First Floor Student Accounting/Registrar Coordinator |
Cheryl Stycznski | 313-993-1421 | styczycl@udmercy.edu |
Student Union |
First Floor Student Accounting/Registrar Alternate |
Diane Praet | 313-993-3133 | praetdm@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | First Floor Admissions Coordinator | Theresa Carson | 313-993-3309 | carsonta@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | First Floor Admissions Alternate | |||
Student Union | Second Floor Marcom Coordinator | Gary Erwin | 313-578-0339 | erwingj@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Second Floor Marcom Alternate | Arnold D'Ambrosio | 313-993-1025 | dambroaa1@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Second Floor Human Resources Coordinator | Netina Anding-Moore | 313-993-1524 | andingnv@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Second Floor Finance Coordinator | Kim Koelb | 313-993-1263 | koelbkj@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Second Floor Finance Alternate | Victoria Spallone | 313-993-1268 | spallovl@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Second Floor Metz Catering Coordinator | Randy Fowler | 313-993-1683 | ma4037@metzcorp.com |
Student Union | Second Floor Executive Suite Coordinator | Cassandra Wadley | 313-993-1457 | wadleycd@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Second Floor Executive Suite Alternate | |||
Student Union | Lower Level IT Coordinator | Ed Tracy | 313-993-1554 | tracyeg@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Lower Level Student Life Coordinator | Dorothy Stewart | 313-993-1033 | steward@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Lower Level Student Life Alternate | Adam Hollman | 313-993-1154 | hollmaap@udmercy.edu |
Student Union | Lower Level Bookstore Coordinator |
Building |
Location |
Coordinator |
Campus # |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Clinic Building |
Building Coordinator |
Gwendolyn Graham |
313-494-6623 |
campbegd@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
First Floor South Coordinator |
Delonda Spearman |
313-494-6786 |
germandl@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
First Floor South Alternate |
Rowena Filary |
313-494-6953 |
filaryrj@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
First Floor North Coordinator |
Stephanie Banks | 313-494-6648 | banksst@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
First Floor North Alternate |
Kristie Jones |
313-494-6658 |
joneska9@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
First Floor West Coordinator |
Kendra Towns |
313-494-6647 |
townskd@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
First Floor West Alternate |
Karen Lane |
313-494-6933 |
lanekj@udmery.edu |
Clinic Building |
Second Floor Coordinator |
Gwendolyn Graham |
313-494-6623 |
campbegd@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
Third Floor Coordinator |
Carry Travis |
313-494-6780 |
traviscm@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
Third Floor Alternate |
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Clinic Building |
Fourth Floor Coordinator |
Crystal Becker |
313-494-6621 |
walikacm@udmercy.edu |
Clinic Building |
Fourth Floor Alternate |
Errin Colvin |
313-494-6620 |
colvinen@udmercy.edu |
Classroom Building |
Building Coordinator |
Sheroyn Jones |
313-494-6720 |
jonessj@udmercy.edu |
Classroom Building | Alternate |
Jennifer May |
313-494-6721 |
Building |
Location |
Coordinator |
Campus # |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Law School |
Building Coordinator |
Kurt Godfryd | 313-596-0207 | godfrykj@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Alternate |
Yvette Chapman | 313-596-0224 |
champayv@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
First Floor Coordinator |
James Williams |
313-596-9407 |
williajc@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
First Floor West Coordinator |
Stephanie Winbigler |
313-596-9841 |
wingbigsn@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Lower Level |
Don Barnes |
313-993-1240 |
barnesdp@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Larned Doors |
Daniela Iacoban |
313-596-9810 |
iacobada@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Faculty Lot Gate |
James Williams |
313-596-0254 |
williajc@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Second Floor West Coordinator |
Layla Berry |
313-596-0210 |
berrylr@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Second Floor East Coordinator |
Chris Congdon |
313-596-9835 |
congdorc@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Third Floor West Coordinator |
Sarah Garrison |
313-596-0226 |
garrissi@udmercy.edu |
Law School |
Third Floor East Coordinator |
Julia Belian |
313-596-0225 |
belianju@udmercy.edu |
Law Clinic |
Building Coordinator |
Rebecca Nowak |
313-596-9409 |
simkinrg@udmercy.edu |
Law Clinic |
Alternate |
Tonisha Williams |
313-596-9410 |
bowentr1@udmercy.edu |
Law Library |
Building Coordinator |
Patrick Meyer |
313-596-0240 |
meyerpj@udmercy.edu |
Law Library |
Alternate |
Stephanie McCoy |
313-596-9446 |
mccoysn@udmercy.edu |
Emergency Media Information Center
The Media Information Center is the location where media gather in one room to be briefed on an emergency. This will facilitate the rapid dissemination of timely, accurate information and help alleviate confusion and uncertainty. There has been a specific area designated for this purpose, should the need arise. Campus Media Information Centers are listed on pages 3-5 of the full Emergency Response Plan.
Our goal and commitment to the University community is to keep you and your family current with the state of our emergency and provide as much pertinent information to keep you updated.
The University standard is to activate the Emergency Alert System (EAS) when ongoing circumstances compromise normal business operations affecting all or a portion of our campuses. The Emergency Alert System will notify registered individuals by using text messages, emails and prerecorded voice messages onto cell phones, landline home phones, pagers or PDAs.
Emergency Aftermath Assessment Report
During an emergency there may be many University departments as well as outside emergency personnel involved in neutralizing the problem. Specific individuals throughout the emergency process will document pertinent information. The collected information should be documented on a Aftermath Assessment Report once the emergency ends.
All completed forms must be submitted to the director of the Department of Public Safety at publicsafety@udmercy.edu for further processing. This report shall be submitted no later than 24 hours after the affected area is returned to normal.
Evacuation and Safety Drills
The Department of Public Safety and Detroit Mercy's Emergency Response Planning Committee will conduct emergency evacuation exercises, in order to train employees on emergency procedures, and to examine existing procedures and solicit feedback on drill success and modifications that could reduce vulnerabilities.
- Always treat an emergency signal as an actual emergency situation.
- Always leave the building through the closest exist when you evacuate.
- Know multiple exit routes from all buildings you frequent.
- Know and follow emergency ABC’s
- Prepare for an emergency situation by staying current on readiness information.
- Know what's expected of you during an emergency and how you can get help.
In the event of an actual evacuation, please note:
- Be calm and carefully give all information requested.
- Evacuate building IMMEDIATELY upon order or when audio or visual alarms are activated.
- DO NOT USE ELEVATORS.
- Treat all alarms as notification of an actual emergency.
- Do not spend time getting personal items.
- If smoke is present, stay close to the floor.
- If safe, turn off laboratory gases and electrical equipment.
- If you're able, assist anyone with mobility difficulty to a stairwell landing or exit.
- All faculty and staff should help direct students and visitors to obey evacuation orders.
- All University employees are responsible to know the location of exits and be able to identify their building's evacuation route(s) in an emergency.
- Designated building coordinators shall ensure, to the extent practical, that the site-specific Evacuation Plan of their building is followed and that the evacuation of the facility proceeds until emergency personnel arrive.
- Exit the building using the nearest marked exit and posted evacuation route.
- Proceed to the designated gathering point shown on the emergency information posting.
- Notify emergency personnel of the exact location of anyone having difficulty evacuating the building.
- Do not return to the building unless directed by the Department of Public Safety or University official.
- Emergency response personnel will direct you if it will be necessary to proceed to another location.
Containment and Shelter Procedures
There may be instances when remaining indoors will be the safest course of action to take. In those instances, the Building Containment Procedure will be used. The first person to discover that a hazardous situation exists outside of the building should immediately notify the University official in the building or call the Department of Public Safety at 313-993-1234.
- Be calm and carefully give all information requested.
- Upon notification that a building containment is ordered, faculty members are to first turn off all laboratory gases before proceeding to containment areas.
- All occupants are to proceed to the building containment area shown on building containment map(s) posted in building.
- All faculty and staff should assist in directing occupants to containment area(s).
- Be mindful of people with mobility limitations.
- University employees are responsible to know the location of the building containment areas.
- Designated building coordinators shall ensure, to the extent practical, that their building's site specific Building Containment Plan is followed until emergency personnel arrive.
- Call Public Safety at 313-993-1234 or from a McNichols Campus phone at 1-2-3-4.
- Obey directions of emergency response personnel and Building Coordinator(s).
- All occupants are to remain at the containment location until directed to leave by emergency personnel or University official.
- If you are directed to leave the building, DO NOT re-enter until emergency personnel gives the order to do so.
Once you hear the containment Alert Signal you should immediately seek shelter.
- Move to the interior hallways in the basement or lowest floor.
- Avoid areas with glass, shelving or heavy equipment.
- If possible, seek shelter under a desk.
- Sit on the floor and cover your head with your arms.
- Remain at this location until the Department of Public Safety or University official tells you it is safe to leave.