SHAKY GROUND
A CSOT EXERCISE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
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Point of Contact: Erin O'Connell
CSOT Department/Area: Athletics
In Royal Brougham we either crawl under desks or (if near a window) ran to a near doorway. We wait to exit Brougham to Wallace Field until one of our 2 emergency coordinators (Jason Durocher or Howie Kellogg) alerted us it is safe to do so. Much of our valuable information is online or on SPU servers. Any key paper items that are not electronically retrievable would be removed by myself, Dan Lepse (Sports Info Director) and Kathy Wimer (Sr. Admin Asst). I would definitely bring a complete hard paper list of all our current student-athletes and coaches/staff, my cell, keys and purse.
Upon arriving at Wallace Field I would locate emergency coordinators and head coaches whom were in the building at 8:40am and ask if they knew of student-athletes/other coaches/staff who were in the building at the time of the quake. We would then be able to begin accounting for our group who was on site during the quake. At 8:40am on Wednesday April 29th we would likely have basketball small groups in the main gym practicing and potential for a full team (any team) to have just finished conditioning in the upper or lower gym or weight room as well as a class in the classroom.
If we had injured personnel, head athletic trainer Jason Durocher could attend to them after performing his duties as an Emergency coordinator. Our coaches and most staff are trained with basic first aid skills and could attend to the wounded initially. Depending on the severity of the injuries decisions would be made as to if/when to call for campus security/ambulance etc…
I would attempt to contact my family via cell call, text message or iphone email. (I experienced the 1989 Bay Area Earthquake and know that we had little or no telephone service for quite some time).
We would attempt to get the radio in our emergency kit to work so we could gather further information. An educated decision would need to be made as to if it were safe to send people home on foot (or vehicle).
Erin E. O'Connell
Director of Athletics
Seattle Pacific University
3307 Third Ave West Suite 301
Seattle, WA 98119
ph. (206) 281-2175
fax (206) 281-2266