Emergency 101
Jan 26th, 2012 by philroch
This week we met with our client (Calvin Cheung), to discuss the project at hand, and gain some guidelines that we will be using in the next few weeks to get the project moving.
Since this project is all about the distribution of information about emergencyprocedures, several members of our team can be seen in the photo above presenting different kinds of emergency systems.
At the top we have Prab and Philippe displaying the fire alarm system, and on the bottom right we have Sim preparing to access a fire extinguisher. On the bottom left we got Joshua showing the correct position to be in when an earthquake hits.
ORGANIZATION
The organization that we are working with is the UBC Risk Management Services, they are responsible for the maintenance and distribution of any information or procedures relating to emergencies. Some examples of emergencies that they cover include:
- 911 Procedures
- Bomb Threats
- Earthquake
- Evacuation
- Fire Safety
- Hazardous Materials
- Lockdown Procedures
- Personal Security
- First Aid
Any information relating to these situations can be found at their website (http://emergency.ubc.ca).
COMMUNITY
The community served by the UBC Risk Management team is the students, faculty, and visitors of UBC campus. Their goal is to make the information about emergency procedures known by everyone thereby creating a campus that will be able to minimize any possible risks in the future.
Summary
After this weeks meeting we have begun preparation for phase of the project by coming up with questions which will later be used to survey the UBC community on their current knowledge of emergency procedures. Following this we came up with a general timeline for the next few weeks, as well as a deadline which we will aim to beat.
The next step is to finalize the survey questions and distribute them, then we can use the information to finish phase 1 and move onto phase 2.
For the UBC Emergency Planning team, that’s all for this week!
You’ve made great progress this week!
Hey, could you post your schedule? I’m interested to see what your plans are for the coming weeks.
Keep up the good work. This looks like a great project and a great team!
Regards,
Susan Nesbit