Ventura College is making great progress in campus emergency preparedness improvements.

• Facilities, Maintenance & Operations are inspecting spaces for window coverings, effective door locks, and are addressing all safety concerns submitted through the Onuma work-order system
• We are also working to update the Emergency Procedures webpage on the VC site. We will tailor the webpage to be a more complete source for campus-specific safety and preparedness information
• The Districtwide Emergency Preparedness Committee agreed to limit the ability to initiate the active shooter alert from a cell phone to a smaller group of employees. For those who will continue to have that capability through the app, a passcode is being enabled to limit accidental alerts and retraining will be scheduled.

In addition to the above steps, Ventura College (as part of a districtwide contract) is working with Ketaily Technical Consulting (KTC) to improve our emergency preparedness and a number of projects are already underway. Mike Ketaily has over 30 years of experience, including as a Fire Captain and an instructor at Oxnard College Fire Academy. We look forward to the improvements we can make in our preparedness under KTC’s expert guidance. Some of the projects KTC are helping us with are below.

• Emergency preparedness presentation at the All Campus Retreat in September
• Monthly Incident Management Team (IMT) training and education which began in October
• Bi-monthly tabletop exercises for the IMT starting in October
• Student worker emergency preparedness training in October
• Safety audit of Ventura College facilities beginning in November

Emergency Procedures