Job Shadow Participant Information - St. Anthony's Medical Center

Fire and Emergency Codes
Remain in your assigned area with the staff member and assist staff members until directed to
leave the area or until an “All Clear” is announced.
Problem Description Initial Response Secondary Follow-Up
Response
Bomb Threat
“Code Gray”
Disaster Plan
“Alert Status One”
“Alert Status Two”
Earthquake
Evacuation
Fire
“Mr. Red Burns”
Notification of a
bomb on campus,
usually by an
outside caller.
Announces a
disaster and an
influx of patients
requiring
additional staff and
resources.
Significant
shaking of the
building.
Remaining in area
may be hazardous
to life, health or
safety.
Fire, smoke, or
smell of something
burning.
Obtain as much
information as
possible – where is
the bomb, when
will it go off –
what does it look
like – when was it
placed, etc.
Plan activated by
Administrator or
designee.
Duck and Cover.
Protect yourself by
getting under a
table, moving
away from objects
likely to fall,
protecting head.
Will be notified of
the need to
evacuate.
Evacuate patients
in immediate
danger first, then
ambulatory, then
wheelchair and
then bed-ridden
patients. Take
records if safety
permits.
Rescue those in
immediate danger
(if safe to do so.)
Activate the alarm
(pull manual
alarm.)
Contain the fire
(close doors.)
Extinguish the fire
(if safe to do so.)
Report all
information to
Security
Department
immediately.
According to
individual
department’s role
– outlined in
Disaster
Preparedness Plan
Check yourself for
injuries, survey the
damage nearby
and take
appropriate action.
Report to
designated
assembly area and
account for all
who were in
previous area.
Use an
extinguisher to put
out the fire.
Pull the pin.
Aim the hose.
Squeeze the
handle.
Sweep from side
to side.
Search Teams
inspect the area for
a bomb. Do not
touch it if found.
Report anything
suspicious to the
Security
Department.
Critique of the
medical center’s
response to the
disaster is held
after deactivation
of the plan.
Report problems to
Department
Director or
Supervisor.
Report evacuation
status to Command
Post. Identify any
personnel or
patients
unaccounted for.
Evacuate as
appropriate.
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