To better prepare for threats to the campus, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro conducted an Active Shooter Live Exercise on its campus on Monday, January 7, 2008. The University has been planning the exercise for nearly a year after the first Virginia Tech incident in August 2006, when an escaped inmate killed a sheriff's deputy and a security guard and was captured on the campus. UNCG has been involved in emergency preparedness since 1999.The University's Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) was developed at that time. The EOP identifies a number of staff as emergency responders and guides the actions of the University through an emergency. 
The January 7 scenario was the first full-scale exercise the University has conducted and was the largest such scenario conducted by a university in the U.S. (according to research done by EnviroSafe). A live exercise uses role players with a simulated incident that occurs in real time and requires an actual reaction from emergency responders. Equipment and human resources are activated and deployed as if the emergency is really happening. UNCG has carried out various table top exercises over the past several years, including scenarios for pandemic flu, hurricane, tornado, train derailment, and hazardous material spill. Table top exercises involve simulated emergencies that are presented to emergency responders. The responders must then develop response activities based on the circumstances presented within a condensed time frame. 
The exercise scenario was based on a domestic violence situation that became a workplace violence incident. In the scenario, a student employee of the Office of Housing and Residence Life had taken out a restraining order against her old boyfriend. The boyfriend and his brother came to campus to get revenge against her and her fellow employees that helped her get the order. The initial shooting incident ended when UNCG Police Officers located and killed the shooter. The brother then held students in a mock tennis class and several University employees hostage in the Athletic Turf Maintenance Building. After a brief standoff, the hostage taker forced action on the part of the officers by shooting a hostage. Members of the UNCG Police, the Guilford County Sheriff's Department, and the Greensboro Police Department then entered the building killing the hostage taker. 
The scenario included participation by 120 law enforcement officers, 45 Fire and EMS employees, 25 Red Cross workers, 85 volunteer role players, and about 80 University Staff members who responded to different aspects of the scenario. Additionally, members of the media played a large role in the scenario as well as provided pre and post event coverage. Approximately 150 observers watched the exercise unfold from different vantage points around campus. The scenario occurred while a limited number of students were on campus to allow for a safer training exercise. 
| Sunday, February 3 Super Bowl Party 5pm EUC Game Room Tuesday, February 5 Mardi Gras Karaoke 7pm EUC Game Room Wednesday, February 6 Commuter Student Deli 11am EUC Cone Ballroom Comedy Show featuring Kyle Curtis 7pm EUC Auditorium | Thursday, February 7 Movement for Justice Lecture featuring Warren Ballentine 7pm EUC Auditorium Friday, February 8 Open Mic Night 7pm EUC Auditorium Saturday, February 9 Women's Basketball vs. Western Carolina "Think Pink" for Breast Cancer Awareness 3pm Fleming Gym 9th Annual NC Challenge Step Show Presented by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 8pm War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro Coliseum |
Join UNCG Athletics in "Think Pink" on Saturday, February 9. UNCG Women's Basketball Team will participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) unified effort to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities, and beyond. "Think Pink" began in 2007 as an initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in women's basketball, on campuses and in communities. In 2007, more than 120 schools unified for this effort and helped make the inaugural year a success. The WBCA's "Think Pink" week for 2008 will be held February 8-17. At games this week, pink will be a major theme from pink uniforms to officials blowing pink whistles. Come out and join UNCG's Women Spartans as they "Think Pink" and help to raise breast cancer awareness!
2/1 - 2/28 2/18 1/14 2/22 |
If you have received this message in error or do not wish to receive future editions of this e-newsletter, please click here and send us an email that includes your email address.
