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Fall 2024: Great ShakeOut Drill

About the Drill

Cypress College will take part in the Great ShakeOut, a nationwide earthquake and emergency preparedness drill, this Thursday, October 17, at 10:17 a.m.

Instructions and Resources

Cypress College will conduct a “Full Evacuation” drill. Here’s what you will do:

  • At 10:17 a.m. everyone on campus will “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” in classrooms, offices, etc. No alarms will sound. Electronic notifications will be sent.
  • At 10:18 a.m. everyone will begin to safely exit buildings. Each building has floor marshals and a building coordinator for emergencies; they will help people safely exit.
  • Once people have safely assembled away from the building, floor marshals and building coordinators will escort you to the designated Evacuation Zone. Please refer to the Campus Evacuation Zones map to view building evacuation zones.
  • Once all buildings are safely evacuated and all people on campus have made their way to their Evacuation Zone, an “all-clear” will be issued and the Great ShakeOut event at Cypress College will be completed. You will be able to return to your classes and normal routines.

Note: Persons with disabilities who are unable to evacuate on their own do NOT need to evacuate.

Text Alerts and Emergency Notifications

Being prepared at the every level allows us to mitigate any situation that may cause harm to the Charger community. Campus Safety works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We are out on patrol and we are just a phone call away. Our Campus Safety number is (714) 484-7387. Please put this number in your phone for easy access. 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 X (formerly 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 X. You can do so by visiting x.com/CypressCollege and clicking on the “follow” button.

If you SEE something, SAY something. If it doesn’t look right, call us to check it out. We all play a part in keeping the Charger Community safe.