Emergency Response There Is an Increase in Essay

Emergency Response

There is an increase in reports of active shooter incidences in many colleges. This calls for the management of colleges to come up with strict measures that will enable them to respond effectively in case of the occurrence of such incidences. An emergency response plan establishes the policies, procedures and organizational structure for response incase an emergency that can cause a disruption of the college activities occurs (Nicoletti, Spencer-Thomas, Bollinger, 2010. ) The paper will give a description of the basic considerations which should always be included when developing response elements for a campus emergency response plan in a college with 3000 students that is located in a suburban setting incase of an active shooter incident.

Situational Assessments

It is important to ensure that there are guidelines on how the situation can be assessed. This will include what to look out for in order to establish whether the situation is risky for the students or not. This will include trying to find out the exact location of the active shooter. Secondly the establishment of whether where the shooter at their location has the potential of harming anyone within the college.Another thing is to assessing the possible ways that the students can behave in an instance where the active shooter is so close to them.

Incident response organization/structure

There should be a stipulated incidence response organization or structure established which will ensure that the college students will get out of the situation unharmed. This plan includes evacuation only if there are accessible paths that can be used for escaping. If evacuation is not possible then ensure that you hide out in a place that the active shooter is not likely to find you or away from their view. Also ensure that the active shooter can not enter the hiding place. If the active shooter is nearby ensure that there is no noise from the holding area and remain quiet.in such an institution where there are so many students there should be a hall that is build for such an emergency that the students should go hide in.it should be at a central….....