{"id":48990,"date":"2024-09-10T15:06:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/?p=48990"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:29:53","slug":"acc-tests-safety-actions-during-emergency-preparedness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2024\/09\/10\/acc-tests-safety-actions-during-emergency-preparedness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC tests safety actions during Emergency Preparedness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Knowing what to do in an emergency is crucial to your and everyone&#8217;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).<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-48367\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-48367 ml-slider has-dots-nav has-carousel-mode ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"EPW Summer 2024\" data-height=\"914\" data-width=\"1370\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_48367\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_48367\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48371 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-06-10 19:05:39\" data-filename=\"RS21009_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-009.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/RS21009_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-009.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"ACC employees wearing high visibility safety vests discus during a meeting prior to the beginning of an emergency drill.\" class=\"slider-48367 slide-48371 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Evacuation Drill During Emergency Preparedness Week\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC Round Rock Campus manager Tracie German (right) and her staff prepare for an evacuation drill during Emergency Preparedness Week.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48377 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-06-10 19:09:26\" data-filename=\"RS21013_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-019.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/RS21013_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-019.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"A uniformed officer of the ACC Police Department switches on the emergency alarm during an emergency preparedness drill.\" class=\"slider-48367 slide-48377 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Evacuation Drill During Emergency Preparedness Week\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC Police Department officer on duty switches on the emergency alarm during an evacuation drill at the Round Rock Campus during Emergency Preparedness Week.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48378 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-06-10 19:12:30\" data-filename=\"RS21015_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-063.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/RS21015_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-063.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"ACC students walk up a campus alley under the supervision of an employee wearing a safety vest during an emergency evacuation drill.\" class=\"slider-48367 slide-48378 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Evacuation Drill During Emergency Preparedness Week\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">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.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48379 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-06-10 19:15:04\" data-filename=\"RS21019_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-119.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/RS21019_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-119.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"An ACC employee wearing a safety vest and cap uses a two-way radio to communicate with colleagues during an emergency evacuation drill.\" class=\"slider-48367 slide-48379 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Evacuation Drill During Emergency Preparedness Week\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC Round Rock Campus manager Tracie German communicates with colleagues as she leads an evacuation drill during Emergency Preparedness Week.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48380 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-06-10 19:17:49\" data-filename=\"RS21021_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-130.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/RS21021_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-130.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"An ACC employee wearing a safety vest uses a two-way radio to communicate with colleagues during an emergency evacuation drill.\" class=\"slider-48367 slide-48380 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Evacuation Drill During Emergency Preparedness Week\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">ACC Round Rock Campus manager's office employee coordinates with her colleagues during an emergency evacuation drill on Emergency Preparedness Week. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-48381 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-06-10 19:21:43\" data-filename=\"RS21024_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-148.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2024\/06\/RS21024_20220908-RRC-Emergency-Drill-ca-148.jpg\" height=\"914\" width=\"1370\" alt=\"An Acc employee wearing a safety vest supervises the evacuation towards a safe rally point during an emergency drill.\" class=\"slider-48367 slide-48381 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Evacuation Drill During Emergency Preparedness Week\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">An ACC Round Rock Campus manager's office employee ensures orderly evacuation towards a designated rally point during a drill on Emergency Preparedness Week.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are FIVE actions you can take if there\u2019s ever an emergency on campus: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, and Shelter. Learn what those mean at <a href=\"https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/emergency-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/emergency<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drills are an essential component of ACC\u2019s readiness plan. Get a look at the training in action in the slideshow below. <a href=\"https:\/\/students.austincc.edu\/infohub\/2024\/09\/06\/discover-5-safety-actions-during-emergency-preparedness-week-september-9-13\/\">Read more about EPW here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing what to do in an emergency is crucial to your and everyone&#8217;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). 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