Emergency Response Plan: Emergency Operations Center
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) serves as the central management center for the Operations Group. The primary EOC location is the University Police Department Conference Room (2nd floor of the Parking Deck) and the alternate location is the Business Affairs Conference Room (3rd floor of the Administration Building).
Once an emergency has been declared and the EOC is opened, it will be staffed on a 24-hour basis by key members of the Operations Group, as directed by the Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs. Based on the type of emergency and at the direction of the Chancellor, the divisions of Student Development and Academic Affairs may also be required to provide staff for the EOC.
The EOC staff will be organized to ensure the following management activities or actions are performed:
- Commander - the person in charge who is responsible for setting objectives and priorities and has overall responsibility of the incident.
- Operations section - conducts operations to carry out the plan, develops tactical objectives, organizes and directs all resources.
- Planning section - develops the action plan to accomplish the objectives, collects and evaluates information and maintains resource status.
- Logistics section - provides support to meet the incident needs, provides resources and all other services needed to support the action plan.
- Finance/Administration - monitors costs related to the incident, provides accounting, procurement, time recording and cost analyses.
All departments requiring outside resources must submit their departmental needs to the EOC. The EOC will coordinate with Emergency Management to obtain the needed resources.
The Office of Public Affairs may operate a Media Center during the emergency at a location to be determined.
