Specific Plans
Amherst College currently has 86 pre-planned emergency response scenarios which have been separated into 7 special categories. These 7 categories are then divided up into specific types of emergencies from which flow charts have been created and are maintained. These plans, policies and procedures which include the charts are located at the Amherst College Campus Police Dispatch Center. The flow charts and other applicable documentation contain the names and telephone numbers (office, personal and cell phone) of each Amherst College employee (faculty and staff) that may be asked to respond to an emergency incident. For that reason, the specific plans are not available on-line. However, any Amherst College employee, student or community resident, as defined in the Amherst College Community Right-to-Know Policy that wishes to view the plans and flow charts can request to see them at the Amherst College Campus Police Department, which is located at the Physical Plant, 6 East Drive. The flow charts, plans and policies can not be removed from site, but comments, concerns and questions can be directed to the Campus Police Department or Environmental Health and Safety during normal business hours, except in cases of emergency.
Emergencies that Amherst College has plans for include:
Civil Disorder Emergencies
- Bomb Threat
- Demonstration
- Hostage Situation
- Large Scale Disturbance
- Building Takeover
Hazardous Materials
- Biological Incident
- Chemical Incident
- Freon Leaks or Rupture
- Combustible Gas Leak
- Natural Gas
- Propane
- Odor Complaint
- Oil Leak / Spill
- Radioactive Material Incident
- Universal Waste Incident
- Ballast
- Batteries
- Light Bulb
- Mercury
- PCB
- Ammonia / Chlorine Gas Incident
Health
- Accident
- Blood and Pathogen
- Death and Suicide
- Disease
- Food Borne Illness
- Illness
- Sewage Backup
Natural Disasters and Emergencies
- Drought
- Earthquake
- Flood
- Forest Fire
- High Winds
- Hurricane
- Infestation
- Rain
- Sleet / Freezing Rain
- Snow
- Temperature Extremes
- Tornado
Structural Incidents
- Asbestos
- Carbon Monoxide
- Electrical
- Elevator
- Explosion
- Fire
- Fire Alarm Malfunction
- Flood
- Furnace Malfunction
- Gas Leak
- HVAC Shutdown
- Oil Leak or Spill
- Sprinkler / Fire Suppression Malfunction
- Steam Leak or Rupture
- Sewage
- Environmental Hazard
Underground
- Steam Tunnel
- Collapse
- Confined Space
- Subsidence
- Trench Emergency
- Utility Failure
Transportation Emergencies
- Bus Accident
- Commercial Vehicle Accident
- Hazardous Material Accident
- Heavy Equipment Accident
- Motor Vehicle Accident
- Plane Accident
- Train Accidents
- Derailment
- Motor Vehicle
- Pedestrian
Utility Emergencies
- Communication Failure
- Computer
- Andover
- Portable Radio
- Telephone
- Electrical Outage
- Natural Gas Leak (see Haz-Mat Emergencies)
- Sprinkler System Malfunction
- Steam System Failure
- Water Loss
- Hot
- Cold
- ACCESS
- LAN
- Electrical Load Shed (Brown Out)