HCC Emergency Communication Hagerstown Community College utilizes a combination of the following notification systems as appropriate for the determined level of crisis and the specific incident: Audible Outdoor Siren, Audible Indoor PA System, Indoor signboards, HCC text messages, HCC Email, HCC Website, Mass Media, HCC Campus Phone System. Based on the situation, HCC can utilize anyone or all of the emergency communication platforms to send a Timely Warning or Emergency Notification. A crisis or an emergency on the college campus is generally defined as an incident or event that presents a significant threat to the operations and/or safety of the students, faculty, staff and visitors. A crisis may be sudden and strike the college with little or no advance notice. Those crises usually pose a health or safety threat, such as a fire, campus violence or a severe student injury. Hagerstown Community College’s Crisis Management Team is committed to disseminate factual, timely and accurate information during a crisis or emergency. The Crisis Management Team and HCC Police have the authority to assess the situation, determine what immediate communication is needed and move forward to deliver that communication to campus community. The HCC Crisis Management Team is comprised of staff members and directors from several different divisions on campus. For example, if there is a major fire in an academic building, the HCC Police would be responsible for initial emergency communications (via text messages, indoor speakers and signboards, and the outdoor siren) with the campus. In the absence of the chief, another member of the police department or a trained College administrator can send messages. HCC recognizes that no one system or person will enable the College to fully warn everyone in a timely manner because each system has limitations. It is imperative to utilize multiple systems and trained staff to effectively broadcast the message to as many of the college students, faculty, staff and visitors. The College has adopted various modes of communications that can be used in an emergency. To help keep you better informed in the event of a campus emergency, HCC uses a notification system that enables you to receive urgent text messages through your cell phone and e-mail messages to your HCC Email account. Depending on your personal cell phone plan, there may be a nominal fee from your carrier to receive text messages, but there is no charge from the college to use the service.
Chief Eric C. Byers Hagerstown Community College Campus Police
11400 Robinwood Drive Hagerstown, Md. 21742 Office: 240-500-2501 Cell: 240-675-0619
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