About the Drill Cypress College will participate in a lockdown drill on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. All members of the campus community are required to participate in drills. The drill will be held at 10:15 a.m. There will be no alarm to start the drill. Faculty and managers will be asked to play a video […]
Cypress College Emergency Preparation
Spring 2023: Active Shooter Drill
About the Drill
Cypress College participated in an Active Shooter drill on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. All members of the campus community are required to participate in drills.
The drill was held at 10:20 a.m. There was no alarm to start the drill. Cypress College Campus Safety tested our emergency alert system concerning an Active Shooter scenario. This test encompassed sending out three different alerts over the course of 15 minutes.
In the first alert, you were notified that this is a Test and that there is an Active Shooter on Campus and that you should shelter in place using the Run – Hide – Fight method.
The second alert notified you that the shooter had been contained but to continue to shelter in place.
The final alert notified you that it is safe to resume normal activities.
The Run – Hide – Fight method was developed by the Department of Homeland Security to give the best chance of survival. Below is a link to a short, six-minute video that Campus Safety asks you to watch in order to better introduce yourself to this method.
Instructions and Resources
- The drill commenced at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2023
- The drill commenced using our emergency alert system
- Participation in the drill was required
Important Resources:
Run – Hide – Fight Method:
- RUN
- Seek safety. Getting away from the attacker is the top priority.
- Leave your belongings behind and get away.
- Call 9-1-1 when you are safe and describe the attacker, location, and weapons.
- HIDE
- Cover and hide if you can’t evacuate. Find a place to hide out of view of the attacker and put a solid barrier between yourself and the threat if possible.
- Lock and block doors, close blinds and turn off lights.
- Keep silent.
- FIGHT
- Fight only as a last resort. When you can’t run or cover, attempt to disrupt the attack or disable the attacker.
- Be aggressive and commit to your actions.
- Recruit others to ambush the attacker with makeshift weapons such as chairs, fire extinguishers, scissors, books, etc.
- Be prepared to cause severe or lethal injury to the attacker.
Text Alerts and Emergency Notifications
Students are encouraged to utilize myGateway to update their personal information for text alert messaging in the event of an emergency. Students must provide their personal information in myGateway to receive these text notifications.
Follow these steps to verify that your cell phone and email address are entered and current:
- Sign into myGateway.
- Go to the “Personal Information” channel under the “Student” tab.
- Click on the item “Set Text Message Alert Preferences.”
- When clicking on “Set Text Message Alert Preferences,” the next screen will allow you to enter your cell phone information, the cellular service provider, the level of messages you wish to receive and the campus or campuses you want to be notified about.
- After entering your information, click on the “Submit” button.
Our experience has proven Twitter to be a reliable method of emergency communication. In addition to asking you to sign up for text messages (see above), please help out by signing up to follow the college on Twitter. You can do so by visiting twitter.com/CypressCollege and clicking on the “follow” button.
Previous Drills and Safety News
Fall 2018: The Great California ShakeOut
About the Drill Cypress College participated in the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, October 18, 2018. All members of the campus community are required to participate in drills. The drill will be held at 10:18 a.m. There will be no alarm to start the drill. An earthquake video will be synchronized for the campus to […]
Spring 2018: Active Shooter Drill
Active Shooter — Spring 2018 Emergency Drill April 5 10:15 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. About the Drill Cypress College is committed to a safe and secure learning and work environment. Emergencies can happen and we must take action to prepare for and prevent the unexpected. To that end, our emergency drill for the Spring 2018 […]
Fall 2017: The Great California ShakeOut
The Great California ShakeOut — Fall 2017 Emergency Drill About the Drill Cypress College is participating in the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, October 19, 2017. All members of the campus community will participate in the drill. The drill will be held, one at 10:19 a.m. More than 10 million people statewide participated in the […]
Spring 2017: Active Shooter Drill
Active Shooter — Spring 2017 Emergency Drill Video: Play video on YouTube at: youtu.be/zI3L83cp1R0 This semester’s emergency-preparation drill focuses on our response to an active shooter on campus. A number of shootings, including ones in San Bernardino, at Umpqua Community College, and at Santa Monica City College, are poignant reminders of why we are compelled […]
Fall 2016: The Great California ShakeOut
The Great California ShakeOut — Fall 2016 Emergency Drill Play the following video stream during the drill to view it in synchronization with the rest of the campus. A preview is available below on this page. If you experience any difficulty with the feed, you can participate live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/CypressCC/live. About the drill […]
Spring 2016: Active Shooter Drill
Active Shooter — Spring 2016 Emergency Drill Video: Play video on YouTube at: youtu.be/zI3L83cp1R0 This semester’s emergency-preparation drill focuses on our response to an active shooter on campus. A number of shootings, including ones in San Bernardino, at Umpqua Community College, and at Santa Monica City College, are poignant reminders of why we are compelled […]
Fall 2015: The Great California ShakeOut
The Great California ShakeOut — Fall 2015 Emergency Drill Video: Cypress College is participating in the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, October 15, 2015. All members of the campus community will participate in the drill. Two drills will be held, one at 10:15 a.m. and the second at 7:30 p.m. Nearly 10 million people statewide […]
Spring 2015: Active Shooter Drill
Active Shooter — Spring 2015 Emergency Drill For the spring 2015 emergency drill, Cypress College is conducting an active shooter scenario. For the exercise, students and employees will be asked to shelter in place, watch an educational video, and discuss this potential threat. Best practices suggest that it’s imperative for students to hear this information […]
Fall 2014: The Great California ShakeOut
The Great California ShakeOut For the fall 2014 emergency drill, Cypress College is among the record 10.4 million people who participated in The Great California ShakeOut. The drill took place at 10:16 a.m. on Thursday, October 16, 2014. Cypress College repeated the drill at 7:30 p.m. on October 16. Your sincere efforts help prepare the […]