Threat Assessment at COC

THREAT ASSESSMENT

Geographical Description

College of the Canyons is located in Santa Clarita (Valencia) on 153.4 acres adjacent to Interstate Highway 5. It is in a highly populated and well traveled area.  The on-campus student enrollment is approximately 12,000 students per semester with approximately 170 full-time faculty and 500 adjunct instructors.  In addition, there are approximately 215 classified employees and 50 administrators.  During peak periods there may be as many as 6,000 people on campus at any given time.

The Canyon Country Campus is located on Sierra Highway (Canyon Country) which is a major connector to the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley.  It is located on 70 acres in a light Industrial corridor.  Student enrollment is approximately 1,500 students and is supported by 12 full-time staff.  During peak periods there may be as many as 700 people on campus at any given time.

FIRE:  Urban and grassland fire occurrences have significant potential to impact the Canyon Country Campus College.  Most fire emergencies are handled through normal response without activation of this Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS:  Hazardous materials incidents include fixed site (classroom and building) and transportation-related incidents involving hazardous and radiological materials. 

TRANSPORTATION:  Transportation accidents may include major automobile accidents, airplane crashes or train derailments and transportation-related hazardous materials releases, pipeline ruptures and illegal dumping.

UTILITY FAILURE:  Both sites may be subject to the shortage or loss of electrical power for periods in excess of 24 hours.

CIVIL DISTURBANCE/TERRORISM:  This hazard may include riots, protests, demonstrations, strikes as well as acts of terrorism or rampancy.

EARTHQUAKE:  An earthquake could impact either segments of or the total population at both campus locations.

FLOODING: The western and northern portions of the City of Santa Clarita are subject to dam failure from Castaic Lake.  The entire City may be subject to flooding, due to flash flooding, urban flooding (storm drain failure/infrastructure breakdown), river channel overflow, downstream flooding, etc.  The City has not historically been vulnerable to storm surge inundation associated with hurricanes or tropical storms.

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