septembre 19, 2016

How To Get Ready For Campus Emergency Prepardness

By Anthony Reynolds


You will always find the need of wanting to be ready or rather prepared for any emergency situations that may arise at any place or time. The same thing applies to learning institutions such as a university. In such an environment, there are large populations which may be affected by an occurrence of a disaster. To deter or at least minimize chances of emergency situations occurring in case of a catastrophe, measures must be put in place in accordance with the expected disaster. Here are considerations to make when dealing with Campus Emergency Prepardness.

The laboratory is the most notorious place where accidents occur on frequent occasions. These accidents are of different magnitudes depending with the chemicals involved. However, a couple of measures can be considered to see to it that less accidents if none at all occurs during lab practical. For emergency situations, there must be a medical facility within the institution where the affected individuals can be rushed when they are in such a situation.

Moreover, power outrages may occur more often especially if the area within is experiencing heavy rains and wind. Power outrage in campuses may bring a halt to a whole lot of activities that happen within the school vicinity. The collage management should work to ensure power blackouts are taken care off. To avoid disasters during such occasions, student and even the laboratory personnel should avoid conducting experiments that may require the presence of electricity.

The university management must be well prepared for fire emergencies. Catastrophes might occur due to electrical faults or the fire may even be started by an individual. If fire catastrophes are not handles in the correct manner, they may result to loss of a lot of properties. Alarms and fire extinguishers must be placed in strategic places just in case there is a fire outbreak.

Strangers who gain access to the campus premises without permission from relevant authorities may pose as a threat to the security in the institution. Such individuals may have plans to cause unrest within the school or even worse commit a crime. However, through installation of reliable security devices such as cameras and body scanning devices, this threat can be eliminated. Moreover, there should be a system that identifies individuals who have access to the institution and those who do not have access.

There are a number of ways to be prepared for earthquakes which may occur unexpectedly. Such occurrences may cause huge disasters which include destruction of buildings and other properties. To prepare for such emergencies, campuses need to have emergency exits in all building premises.

In most scenarios, floods are usually caused by heavy rains and in some areas, they are brought about by tornados. Since floods may occur at any time of the year, it is vital to have emergency plans in place. Buildings must be structured in a manner that water cannot flood in to them. Moreover, the landscape of the area must be considered.

Unless the above are not considered, occurrences of these catastrophes can cause damages to the university buildings and even worse cause death to the affected. During such emergencies, one is expected to be calm and wait for instructions on what they need to do.




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