Emergency Planning
Effective emergency planning is essential to the safety and continuity of university operations. This page provides guidance on developing emergency plans for your department/office. This includes Emergency Action Plans (EAP) and PACE (Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency) strategies, outlining a structured planning process to assess risks, establish response protocols, and enhance departmental preparedness for any situation.
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Emergency Action Plan
An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is a critical framework designed to help university departments prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. EAPs outline key procedures for evacuation, communication, and coordination during crises, ensuring a swift and organized response to protect students, faculty, staff, and university assets. By identifying potential risks, assigning roles and responsibilities, and establishing clear response protocols, EAPs enhance preparedness and resilience.
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Communications Continuity (PACE)
PACE planning (Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency) is a structured approach to ensuring reliable communication, operations, and decision-making during emergencies. By identifying multiple layers of response strategies, PACE helps university departments maintain continuity even when primary systems fail. The framework prioritizes a designated Primary method, establishes an Alternate backup, prepares a Contingency option if the first two are unavailable, and ensures an Emergency solution as a last resort. This proactive planning model strengthens resilience, reduces downtime, and enhances preparedness by ensuring that critical functions can adapt to any situation.