Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Information needed from students, faculty and staff

As part of the College's preparedness for an H1N1 pandemic or other emergency, the ability to communicate effectively is critical. We need up-to-date emergency information from every student, faculty member and staff member.

The College collects this information in two ways, for two distinct purposes.

First, for reaching everyone in case of a campus-wide emergency, we use the Saints Alert system.
Please update your information - or register, if you're not yet a part of Saints Alert - at http://www.css.edu/saintsalert.xml.

Second, we need to be able to reach your loved ones if you become ill, injured, or in any other way incapacitated. Updating your information is quick and easy. Log on to Banner Web at: https://fiji.css.edu/PROD/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin.
Click on 'Personal Information' and follow the prompts.

All information you provide will be kept confidential and accessed only in case of an emergency situation.

General Emergency Response Information

A campus emergency may include fire, extreme weather, loss of power, pandemic, or other city, state, or federal emergencies that affect The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth and at its coordinate campuses.

During an emergency, this page will be updated regularly with information for the St. Scholastica community.

If you lose Internet service, call the St. Scholastica Emergency Information Hotline (218-723-7099) for updates.

If you have Internet service but the St. Scholastica Web site is down, an emergency Web page will be posted at http://www.css.edu. It will contain appropriate information.

Public Announcements
In the event of a major emergency affecting multiple locations, The College of St. Scholastica will attempt to send email and phone messages to all participants' emergency contacts within 72 hours of the event.

Updates will be sent via email from EMERGENCYINFO. Messages from this source are required reading as a condition of your status as an employee or student.

Emergency Response Plan
View the Emergency Response Plan. The St. Scholastica makes every effort to ensure the health and safety of its students, faculty, and staff. The College monitors health and safety situations locally, nationally and internationally through news reports and law enforcement advisories.

The College is prepared to respond to emergency situations through its Emergency Response Plan, as administered by the Human Emergency Response Team, Pandemic Response Team, and/or the Infrastructure Emergency Response Team. The plan includes College-wide procedures. The members of these teams have been trained for immediate and thorough response during an emergency.

Emergency Conduct
In the event of a major incident, the College advises all members of the internal community to follow these guidelines:

• Stay calm.
• Stay off the telephone and Internet except for critical communications; circuits often overload after emergencies. Don't add to the problem.
• If the alarm sounds, follow your building's evacuation plan. In case of a terrorist attack, stay indoors; this is particularly important if the perceived threat is of a chemical or biological nature.
• Follow the directions of trained College personnel, including Campus Security officers, Residence Life staff, and Facilities Services personnel.

Contact Us
To contact the emergency response team, during office hour (M-F, 8-4:30) please call (218) 723-6387. You can also leave messages at this number at any time. On campus emergency requires police, fire and/or EMS response, please call 9-1-1. On campus non-emergency requiring a campus security officer's immediate response, please call 218-723-6175 (x6175).

Submit a question via email

Human Emergency Response Team
Steve Lyons, Incident Commander
Beth Domholdt
Bob Ashenmacher
Mike Turner
Dory Pohl
Jill Sikkink
Kevin McGrew
Lori Collard

Infrastructure Emergency Response Team
Tom Brekke, Incident Commander
Mike Turner, Assistant Incident Commander
Bob Ashenmacher
Tim Orlowski
Art Sasse
Terry Belich
Lynne Hamre

Pandemic Response Team
Larry Goodwin  
Patrick Flattery
Lori Collard
Eric Berg
Beth Domholdt
Steve Lyons
Del Case
Bob Ashenmacher
Mike Turner
Tom Orlowski