Law Enforcement to host Emergency Disaster Drill at College

A mock disaster drill will be held at Independence Community College on Friday, November 19, with local and county emergency personnel. The event, which is being identified as an active intruder-shooter scenario, will affect the entire campus and all persons present on campus at the time of the drill will be participating as though it were a real terrorist threat.

“Independence Community College is very pleased to be working with these professionals,” said Dr. Daniel Bain, President. “We’ve been working to update our own emergency plan and were very pleased to learn that our work could also serve as an important training exercise for the Independence Police, the Sheriff’s Department, and local Emergency Medical Services. It’s a privilege to work with these fine people and we’re excited that they are learning more about our campus layout and facilities. We believe that everyone will benefit from the exercise.”

The drill has been scheduled for Friday, November 19th, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. The activity of the event will center on the Academic Building but the entire campus will be participating. As such, no one will be allowed to leave or enter the campus buildings during this time period.

Persons making deliveries, needing to pick up children from the Pirate Cove Academy, needing to leave campus after their afternoon class, or having an appointment off campus, will need to alter their plans as lock down will be strictly enforced from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Likewise, the cafeteria, practice fields, gym, and dorms will be locked down as they would in a real emergency.

Neighboring residents of the College, will be contacted by law enforcement who will be stressing that this is just a drill and not an actual crisis event.