Emergency Procedures

If serious injury or illness occurs on campus, immediately call us. Give your name, location and describe the medical problem.

Emergency or Urgent Medical Situations

Please call 911.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Monmouth College has public access defibrillation units, Automated External Defibrillators (AED), for use by any member of the community who has Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and AED training.
AED locations:
- Huff Athletic Center - Main Concourse level on column.
- Poling Hall - Just inside the West entrance door on the wall.
- CSB - Main level, outside Room 293, on the wall.
- Press Box - Football Field, South end, on the wall.
- Peacock Field - Locker room building located behind the press box building.
Each use of an AED by a Monmouth College responder shall be accompanied by a call to 911 to ensure timely provision of advanced life support and transport to an emergency medical facility.

First Aid General Guidelines

Survey the scene and make sure it is safe for you to respond to an injured person. Do not enter the area if there are downed electrical lines, a smell of a hazardous material or any other safety issue.
Call us.
Never move an injured person.
Precautions must be taken to prevent exposure to blood and body fluids. If there is excessive bleeding you may want to instruct the injured person to cover the wound and apply direct pressure.
Only use CPR if you are a trained CPR responder.
Look for emergency medical ID, question witnesses and give all information to the paramedics.
Stay calm and wait for the EMS team to arrive to help answer any questions.

In the event of a partial or complete campus power failure:

Call maintenance if the area you are in has experienced a loss of power. Check with others in your building to see how widespread the situation may be.
Available residence hall staff will report to the Hall Director or Head Resident apartment. If the HD or HR is not available, the staff in the building meets in the main lounge.
Residence Hall staff, and faculty or staff in academic areas should immediately check to see if someone is in an elevator. Call us.
Students should keep their room doors closed.
Hall staff and campus safety will make continuous rounds on the floors keeping students updated with information.
The fire alarm system remains operational for forty-eight hours after a power outage. After forty-eight hours, if there is a fire in a residence hall, the staff will have to call 911 to inform them of the situation.

If there is a lock down:

Faculty and staff will immediately secure the students and themselves in the classroom. If possible, cover any windows or openings that have a direct line of sight into the hallway.
If you are not in a classroom, try to get to an office or other room that can be locked or barricaded. Stay out of open areas.
Call 911. Then call us. If possible, provide information about your location, the number of people and any medical or critical needs.
Do not sound the fire alarm.
Lock the windows and close blinds or curtains.
Turn off lights and all audio or video equipment.
Keep classrooms and other places of refuge secure until police arrive and give you directions.

Bomb Threat

We take all threats seriously and try to obtain as much information as possible about the bomb and caller.

Suspicious Package

If you think you have received a suspicious package please contact us. Do not shake or empty contents and do not try to clean up spilled contents.

The hazardous material is flammable, explosive, under pressure, highly toxic, highly infectious or radioactive.

If you are involved hazardous material:

If the incident is indoors close all doors in order to isolate the area.
From a safe area, call 911 and our office.
Evacuate, if necessary. Remain in a safe designated area until released by emergency responders.
Present the Material Safety Data Sheet of involved substances to emergency responders if information is available.
Do not attempt to clean up a spill or release unless you are trained to do so and have the proper equipment.
Any spillage of a hazardous chemical or radioactive material is to be reported immediately to our office who will notify the Monmouth Fire Department. When reporting, be specific about the nature of the involved material and the exact location.
The key person on site should vacate the affected area at once and seal it off to prevent further contamination of other areas until the arrival of fire department or other authorized personnel.
Anyone who may be contaminated by the spill should avoid contact with others as much as possible, remain in the vicinity and give their name and other information to authorities. Required first aid and cleanup should be done by specialized authorities at once.
If the spillage is in a building, follow evacuation procedures and evacuate the building. As may be necessary, follow the instructions of fire department or other authorities to evacuate part or all of the campus.

If an emergency please call 911 or call us.
Never be alone with the person. Ask for assistance from a residence staff member, faculty member, or staff member.
Keep others away and at a safe distance.
Never try to take a weapon from someone.
Maintain confidentiality. Keep the involvement of others to a minimum.

Most missing person reports in the college environment result from someone changing their normal routine and failing to inform others of this change. Those who believe a friend, colleague, roommate, or acquaintance is missing are encouraged to inform any of the following immediately:

If you believe an employee is missing:

Office of Personnel at: 309-457-2122
Campus Safety at: 309-457-3456

If you believe a student is missing:

Office of Residence Life at: 309-457-2113
Campus Safety at: 309-457-3456

Following the report the matter will be investigated and if it is determined that the person is missing, law enforcement authorities will be informed. Parents/guardians will be notified.

All students are required to supply to the Office of Residence Life with their emergency contact numbers. Students are also required to update their emergency contact number(s) every semester.

What is an Emergency Notification?

Any significant emergency or dangerous situation that poses immediate or imminent threat to the health and safety of the Monmouth College campus community.

What is a Timely Warning?

Under the Clery Act, any potentially dangerous criminal situation on campus that poses a serious or continuing threat to students and employees. Timely Warnings may be distributed for other incidents and/or crimes that do not fall under the Clery Act as determined necessary.

What does “Timely” mean?

The Clery Act doesn’t define “timely,” the intent of a warning regarding a criminal incident(s) is to enable people to protect themselves. This means that a warning should be issued as soon as pertinent information is available. This is critical; even if the College does not have all the facts surrounding a criminal incident that represents a serious and continuing threat to our student and employees, we will issue a warning.

If Monmouth College cannot say with certainty that no further threat exists, we will put out a warning notice and do it quickly. We can always update it when and if there is no longer a potential threat.

Monmouth College will consider if there is a threat of ongoing or repeated danger to our students and employees.

This decision will be made on a case-by-case basis in light of all the facts surrounding the crime or incident including factors such as:

Determine whether the students and employees are at risk of becoming victims of a similar crime.
 Has the suspect been caught?
 Is the suspect known but not in custody?
 Does the suspect have a criminal or violent history?
 Was the crime violent in nature?
 Does the incident appear to be a one-time occurrence or fall into a pattern?
 When did the incident occur? Today? Last week?
 Does the incident pose an ongoing threat to the campus community?

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities to issue Timely Warning Notices to notify students and employees whenever there is a threat that a serious crime is ongoing or may be repeated. This notification is required for certain specific crimes that are reported to our Campus Safety or local law enforcement AND are reported or believed to have occurred on campus, in campus residence halls, non-campus building or property (i.e., Greek housing), or public property contiguous to campus. Notices are not limited to violent crimes or crimes against persons, and can be issued for threats to persons or to property.

Clery Act Crime Examples include, but are not limited to:

 Criminal Homicide
 Sex Offenses (Stranger or Acquaintance)
 Robbery
 Aggravated Assault
 Burglary
 Motor Vehicle Theft
 Arson
 Hate Crimes
 Emergency Situations that are life threatening (person(s) with weapon(s), threat of violence, etc.)
Any act or immediate threat of interpersonal violence (consistent pattern of violent behavior, hate crimes, domestic situations)

Emergency Notifications have a wide focus on any significant emergency or dangerous situation, which may include Clery crimes.

An Emergency Notification is triggered by an event that is currently on or imminently threatening campus.

Examples of significant emergencies or dangerous situations include, but are not limited to: