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The College operates an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in case of emergency, major disaster, or large-scale incident. Designated students, faculty and staff have particular assignments for immediate assistance and coordination of response.
Fire:
When fire or smoke is detected in a building, pull the fire alarm, evacuate the building and once outside of the building, call the Department of Campus Safety (ext. 72000) to report the emergency.
State and local fire laws require the following:
- One approved fire drill per semester coordinated by the Readiness Emergency Committee or Safety Operations Specialist and the residential life staff. Students who fail to evacuate the residence halls during a fire drill may be subject to a fine of $150.
- Corridors and exiting doors must be free of obstructions at all times.
- Lighted candles or open flames in the residence halls are not permitted. Excessive amounts of combustibles (such as paper products and textiles attached to walls and ceilings or hung as room dividers) are considered fire hazards and are not permitted. Excessive amounts of combustible wall or ceiling decorations and the overloading of electrical outlets are prohibited.
- Corridor decorations and signs must be made from non-flammable materials or treated with an approved flame-retardant solution.
- No smoking is allowed within 25 feet of any campus building, student bedrooms, or in public areas in the residence halls. This includes, but is not limited to, browsing rooms, 75 living rooms, hallways, stairwells, lounges, kitchenettes, interior courtyards, or balconies. Vapor cigarettes are also prohibited.
- Flammable liquids may not be used or stored in any residence hall.
- Cooking in student rooms is not permitted.
- If a residence hall fails to evacuate all of its residents, (i.e., a resident sleeps through the fire drill or does not hear the alarm), the residence hall will continue to have fire drills until the residents work together (i.e., door-knocking) to successfully evacuate the building.
Health:
Student Health Services will be open for care at extension 72252, or 78222 during normal business hours. For medical emergencies, Campus Safety should be called (x72000 or x. 77233). They will, in turn, be in contact with Los Angeles County Fire Department Emergency Medical System (EMS). Students requiring nursing care, emergency care or hospitalization will be transported to a local hospital by a licensed ambulance provider as designed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
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