The Emergency Preparedness Plan also designates the Emergency Response Team (ERT) responsibilities and contact phone numbers. The ERT consists of the following positions:

 

1. EMERGENCY DIRECTOR:
SVP of Operations

 

2. ASSISTANT EMERGENCY DIRECTORS:
Director of Campus Safety and Security,
Director of Campus Operations, and
Environmental Safety Officer

 

3. RISK MANAGEMENT:
Director of Corporate Compliance,
Risk Management Specialist

 

4. CAMPUS SECURITY:
Captain of Campus Safety and Security

 

5. DAMAGE CONTROL:
Associate Vice President for Information Technology,
Designated Campus Operations personnel and
Designated Security personnel.

 

6. STUDENT AFFAIRS:
Deans and Associate Deans,
Assistant Vice President of Advancement and College Relations,
Graduate Medical Education

 

7. MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communications

 

8. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ADVISOR:
Radiation Safety Officer and
Chemical/Biological Safety Officer

 

9. EMPLOYEE RELATIONS:
Assistant Vice President for Human Resources

 

10. LEGAL AFFAIRS:
General Counsel or designee

The Department of Campus Safety and Security (DCSS) have the primary responsibility for evacuating all campus buildings. All security officers on-duty assigned to respective buildings will be responsible for ensuring that his/her building has been completely evacuated. Each building on campus will be assigned an Emergency Coordinator to assist the DCSS with facilitating the safe evacuation of all employees, students, and patients. Emergency Coordinators must maintain a current e-mail address and telephone listing of all employees working, students matriculating, and patients residing within their respective buildings.

 

The EPP outlines specific responsibilities of Emergency Coordinators, but the General Expectations are as follows:

• Act as point of contact for routine and special communications pertaining to the building and/or department.
• Develop and maintain “text groups” to communicate with building and/or department heads during and outside of normal working hours in the event of an emergency.
• Assist College senior leaders within the building and/or department in execution of emergency plan, working with emergency service organizations to determine the whereabouts and status of students, faculty, staff, and guests of the College affected by the incident, and disseminating information to faculty, staff, students and other affected by the incident.
• Make yourself familiar with emergency equipment location and operation (e.g. fire extinguishers) and evacuation routes.

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The following is a list of areas for all individuals from each building to report to in the event of an emergency requiring evacuation. Each building has two inside locations (one for exchange of information, one as a place of optimum safety in the event of a tornado) and an outside central gathering location for evacuation purposes (such as a fire alarm). Individuals who occupy buildings surrounded by glass need to proceed to the nearest stairwell in the building, and/or evacuate to the nearest building of optimum safety. Any modular units used on campus should be abandoned in case of tornado for a more permanent structure or other place of safety such as a ditch or ground depression.

 

S. S. Kresge Learning Resources Center

Primary Gathering Points: North side of Albion (circular drive of the Elam Center); south side of Moreno Street (Parking Lot-F)

Inside Safety Location: Lowest Level Stairwell

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Meharry Medical Group (MMG)

Outside Gathering Point: East side of the Office of Information Technology Building

Inside Safety Location: Lowest Level Basement

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Metro Nashville General Hospital (MNGH)

Outside Gathering Point: Southside of the Building (Parking Lot-A); North side of the

Building (Parking Lot O)

Inside Safety Location: Lowest Level Basement

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Lloyd C. Elam Mental Health Center

Outside Gathering Point: In front of Amphitheatre – Street Level

Inside Safety Location: Lowest Level Basement

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Meharry Towers

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot F

Inside Safety Location: Lowest Level Basement

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Dorothy Brown Hall

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot-A

Inside Safety Location: Hallway

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Morena A

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot

Inside Safety Location: Lower Level Hallway

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Morena B

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot

Inside Safety Location: Lower Level Hallway

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Cal Turner Family Center

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot-I

Inside Safety Location: Lower Level Hallway

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Harold D. West Basic Sciences Building

Outside Gathering Point: In front of Amphitheatre; Southside of West Basic Sciences

Building; North side of West Basic Sciences (Parking Lot-J & L)

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Atrium (Main Floor)

 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Clay Simpson Building

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot-L

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Front Office

 

Old Hospital Building

Outside Gathering Point: Lot-H

Inside Safety Location: Hallway

Inside Information Point: Front Lobby

 

Biomedical Science Building

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot O

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Front Office

 

Campus Operations Building

Outside Gathering Pont: Parking Lot O

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Front Office

 

Salt Wagon Cafe

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot 0

Inside Safety Location: Lobby

Inside Information Point: A. Cherrie Epps Center

 

Epps Student Center

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot O

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Director’s Office in Student Center

 

School of Dentistry Building

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot O

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Front Lobby

 

Computer Center

Outside Gathering Point: Lot H (Secondary – Parking Lot A)

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Dialysis Center

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot G and GG

Inside Safety Location: Basement

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Lyttle Hall

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot H (Secondary Lot A)

Inside Safety Location: Basement Conference Room

Inside Information Point: Lobby

 

Family Practice Clinic Skyline

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot

Inside Safety Location: Hallway

Inside Information Point: Reception Area

 

Family and Dental Clinic Antioch

Outside Gathering Point: Parking Lot

Inside Safety Location: Lobby

Inside Information Point: Reception Area

 

1919 Charlotte Avenue Clinic

Outside Gathering Point: Outside Parking Lot

Inside Safety Location: OB/GYN Reception Area

Inside Information Point: Lobby

Biomedical Building: ……………………………….. Basement Level Interior or Ground Floor Interior Hallway

Cal Turner…………………………………………. Ground Level Interior Hallway (from Kitchen to Board Room)

Campus Operations/Power Plant………………………………………………………………………… Basement Interior

Clay Simpson Building…………………………………………………………………. Basement Level Interior Staircase

Dorothy Brown Hall……………………………………………………………………… Basement Level Interior Hallway

Elam Center ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Basement

Epps Center……………………………………………………………………………….. Basement Level- Interior Hallway

Learning Resource Center (LRC)……………………………………………………………… Lowest Level Auditorium

Lyttle Hall…………………………………………………………………………………… Basement Level Interior Hallway

Meharry Medical Group (MMG)………………………………………………………. Ground Level Interior Hallway

Morena A………………………………………………………………………………………. Ground Level Interior Hallway

Morena B………………………………………………………………………………………. Ground Level Interior Hallway

Old Hospital………………………………………………………………………………….. Ground Level Interior Hallway

Office of Information Technology (OIT)…………………………………………………………….. Basement Interior

Royal Towers………………………………………………………………………………… Ground Level Interior Hallway

School of Dentistry…………………………………………………………………….. Basement Level Interior Hallway

West Basic Sciences Building………………………………………………………. Basement Level Interior Hallway