ACC tests safety actions during Emergency Preparedness Week | Student Infohub

Knowing what to do in an emergency is crucial to your and everyone’s safety. During the third week of every semester, Austin Community College District (ACC) practices emergency response procedures and tests its emergency notification system as part of Emergency Preparedness Week (EPW).

ACC Round Rock Campus manager Tracie German (right) and her staff prepare for an evacuation drill during Emergency Preparedness Week.
ACC Police Department officer on duty switches on the emergency alarm during an evacuation drill at the Round Rock Campus during Emergency Preparedness Week.
ACC Round Rock Campus students head towards a designated rally point under the direction and supervision of campus manager Tracie German (left) as part of an evacuation drill during Emergency Preparedness Week.
ACC Round Rock Campus manager Tracie German communicates with colleagues as she leads an evacuation drill during Emergency Preparedness Week.
ACC Round Rock Campus manager's office employee coordinates with her colleagues during an emergency evacuation drill on Emergency Preparedness Week.
An ACC Round Rock Campus manager's office employee ensures orderly evacuation towards a designated rally point during a drill on Emergency Preparedness Week.

There are FIVE actions you can take if there’s ever an emergency on campus: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, and Shelter. Learn what those mean at austincc.edu/emergency.

Drills are an essential component of ACC’s readiness plan. Get a look at the training in action in the slideshow below. Read more about EPW here.