{"id":42103,"date":"2017-01-27T21:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T21:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=42103"},"modified":"2017-01-27T21:23:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T21:23:34","slug":"emergency-preparedness-week-be-informed-to-be-prepared-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/01\/27\/emergency-preparedness-week-be-informed-to-be-prepared-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Preparedness Week: Be informed to be prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College will practice emergency response procedures and test its emergency notification system as part of Emergency Preparedness Week January 30-February 5.<\/p>\n<p>The college designates the third week of each semester as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/emergency-information\/emergency-preparedness-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Preparedness Week<\/a> to educate students, faculty, and staff on the best actions to take if an emergency or disaster occurs on campus. The college will conduct building evacuation drills at select campuses and test the ACC Emergency Alert System districtwide.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37975\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/01\/Drill-Pic2_960x367_acf_cropped_960x367_acf_cropped.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/01\/Drill-Pic2_960x367_acf_cropped_960x367_acf_cropped.png 960w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/01\/Drill-Pic2_960x367_acf_cropped_960x367_acf_cropped-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/01\/Drill-Pic2_960x367_acf_cropped_960x367_acf_cropped-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2016\/01\/Drill-Pic2_960x367_acf_cropped_960x367_acf_cropped-150x57.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to familiarize themselves with emergency procedures, including identifying building exits, areas of rescue assistance, and campus rally points where those evacuating should gather until an all clear is given.<\/p>\n<p>ACC will test its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/emergency-information\/acc-emergency-alert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Alert System<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Wednesday, February 1<\/strong>.\u00a0During the test, messages and text alerts will be sent to ACCmail accounts and registered mobile devices. A test message will be posted on the ACC homepage, emergency webpage, and on social media.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/online-services\/emergency-alert-signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Verify or update your contact information in Online Services<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to receive emergency notifications<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Download emergency mobile app<\/h2>\n<p>ACC&#8217;s emergency mobile app has changed from In Case of Crisis to SchoolDude CrisisManager. (Phones with the In Case of Crisis app will automatically migrate to CrisisManager.) Download the free\u00a0CrisisManager app by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/z8yH2.i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple App Store<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.dudesolutions.sdcm01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dude-Solutions-Inc-SchoolDude-Manager\/dp\/B013J6VQW2\/ref=pe_830710_191150870_swf_em_r_n_awd_d_5pxMxb5PG4E0C_im\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon for Android<\/a>. Find details and instructions on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/emergency-information\/acc-mobile-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Mobile App<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on emergency response and procedures visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/emergency-notifications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/emergency<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College will practice emergency response procedures and test its emergency notification system as part of Emergency Preparedness Week January 30-February 5. The college designates the third week of each semester as Emergency Preparedness &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/01\/27\/emergency-preparedness-week-be-informed-to-be-prepared-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3932,"featured_media":40376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,17],"tags":[325,322,323],"class_list":["post-42103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-emergency-alert-system","tag-emergency-preparedness","tag-emergency-preparedness-week"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}