Emergency Response Plan

Emergency planning is critical to the health and welfare of members of the campus community. Its purpose is to provide response to threats. Periodic additions and updates to this document will be forthcoming, as appropriate.

The following is an outline of the general areas of responsibility for Seminole Community College departments charged with responding to emergencies. Detailed emergency procedures are contained in individual departmental emergency response plans, which will be executed as appropriate during emergency situations. This document provides a framework to coordinate these specific departmental plans.

This outline is organized by type of emergency. Many response steps are identical, regardless of the type of emergency, but there are some variations. The General Response Outline, located in the Introduction, provides an overview of the functions of each campus emergency response unit.

The Emergency Management Team under Vice President of Information Technology and Resources/CIO produced this plan and provides overall guidance for its implementation:

• Vice President Information Technology and Resources/CIO - Dick Hamann
• Vice President Student Success Services - James Henningson
• Chief of Security - Thomas O'Hern
• Director Community Relations and Marketing - Michael Garlich
• Director of Facilities- Adie Price
• Dean Oviedo Campus - Lisa Valentino

Administrative Chain of Authority

In the event of an emergency, the chain of authority for administrative decision-making is as follows:
1.President or designee (normally the Vice President of  Information Technology and Resources/CIO - otherwise a substitute will be identified)

2. Vice President Student Success Services

3. Chief of Security - Note: Campus Administrators may initiate decisions for their facilities, as follows:

4. Campus Dean, Oviedo Campus

5. Campus Dean, Altamonte Springs Campus

Administrative decisions relating to emergency situations - such as the decision to cancel classes, to send employees home, or to close the college - are made by the top-ranking available person in the administrative chain of authority or the administrator of an area campus, based on input from the reporting agent, appropriate administrators (if available) and college emergency response personnel.