The Great California Shakeout: Thursday, Ocotber 15, 2009 at 10:15 a.m.
"I encourage all colleges to participate in the exercise as it will help our students, faculty and staff be prepared in the event of a real earthquake." - Chancellor Jack Scott
Pandemic Prevention Video: produced by The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Foothill-De Anza Community College District, and ToucanEd
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The Disaster Resistant California Community Colleges Task Force Held a Conference Call on April 29 to Collect Best Practices for Mitigating and Responding to the H1N1/Swine Flu
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April 27 Memo From Chancellor Jack Scott Regarding the Swine Flu Outbreak
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Federal Public Health Emergency Declared for Swine Flu
The Chancellor's Office is closely monitoring the international outbreak of Swine Flu Influenza and is in communication with the Governor's Office, Department of Public Health, and the California Emerency Management Agency. For more information visit the toolbox tab above or http://www.hhs.gov/ and http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx.
DRCCC Task Force Meeting on May 7, 2009
The Disaster Resistant California Community Colleges will meet on May 7, 2009 at the College of the Desert for the quarterly meeting. For the agenda, click here.
Action Guide for Emergency Management at Institutes of Higher Education- Newly Released
The US Department of Education just released an Action Guide for Emergency Management. Tod Burnett and Kay Goss, two DRCCC charter members assisted in the creation of this document. Click here to view.
Emergency Notifications Seminar on February 18, 2009
The first California Community Colleges and California State Universities Emergency Notification System Seminar will take place from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Los Angeles City College. Emergency notification systems should be intregal components of college and university emergency procedures. For more information, click here.
CSTI Offers Free ICS 300-400 Training
This course focuses on ICS activities during major incidents at the field level. The course curriculum is recognized by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, the California Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), and the NIMS Integration Center. For more information and registration, click here.