Public Safety
The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management is responsible for the protection of the College community, first aid, emergency assistance, 24-hour escort service (upon request), enforcement of campus parking regulations, and the lost and found service. Officers on each campus are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In Case of Emergency
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In case of a life-threatening emergency, someone should call9-1-1and then notify the Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management. Students and employees are encouraged to carry a cell phone for reporting emergencies and receiving county and College alerts. Emergency phones are located in all campus elevators and in numerous internal and external locations. These phones will automatically ring in the nearest Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management. Calls made on the emergency phones are recorded. From off campus locations, call 9-1-1 and then notify the appropriate College administrator.
Emergency Preparedness
In the event of emergency situations involving MC directly–or if an emergency occurs at the local, regional, or national level that could impact the college community–MC's Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management personnel and other College officials utilize in-house emergency response plans and coordinate their response activities with local, county, state and federal authorities, as appropriate. The College works directly in conjunction with Montgomery County's Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, in the event of any local activation of the county's Emergency Operations Center. View thetimeline of public safety preparedness(PDF,)actions taken at MC.
Resources
The Montgomery College community should be aware of all of the resources available regarding emergency preparedness. Our office works to ensure that everyone is well prepared for emergencies when they impact any of our students, faculty, staff, or locations. Use the following resources to get you prepared.
Active Attacker Training Video and Steps to Follow
Run
- Have an escape route and plan in mind.
- Leave belongings behind, get out.
- Keep your hands visible.
Hide
- Your second option should be hide.
- Do not huddle together.
- Lock down: barricade doors, shut off lights, silence phones.
Fight
- Fighting is the last resort.
- Try to incapacitate the attacker
- Find object to use as weapons such as a fire extinguisher, chairs.
What to Do During a Lockdown
Hidein the nearest room
Lockor barricade the door
Closewindows
Turn offlights
Remainquiet
Do not leaveuntil instructed to do so by law enforcement or public safety
Evacuation Maps
- Germantown
- Rockville
- Takoma Park-Silver Spring
- Gaithersburg Business Training Center
- Wheaton Westfield South
Public Safety Launches New Centralized Dispatch Operation
Annual Security Report (Clery Act)
Montgomery College’sAnnual Security Reportis prepared and distributed in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), and all implementing regulations issued by the US Department of Education (34 C.F.R. Part 668.46).