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universitIes & colleges CAUCUS (UCC)
Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 - Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010
San Antonio, Texas
Hilton Palacio del Rio & Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
A two-day symposium to bring higher education emergency management practitioners together to share best practices and lessons learned, participate in problem solving sessions, network with colleagues and get the latest information on Federal programs targeting colleges and universities. Download Flyer Here
Day 1 Topics (Saturday 10/30 8AM-5PM):
- Use of Incident Command in Higher Education
- CEM Certification Program
- National Preparedness Month Exercises and Programming Activities
- Interrelations between Continuity Planning, Emergency Planning and Risk Management
- Storm Ready / Tornado Ready / Tsunami Ready designations
- Higher Education and the Federal Disaster Declaration Process
- VIP and Event Planning for Higher Education Institutions
- Internship Opportunities and Mentoring Students
Day 2 Topics (Sunday 10/31 8AM-NOON):
- Modified EOC functional exercise for all participants
Registration:
Register for this symposium by clicking “add events” to your registration for the IAEM Conference online at www.iaem.com. $125 registration fee includes lunch on Saturday. Limit:
100 attendees.
Additional Information or Questions:
Contact Marcia Nickle at mnickle@udel.edu.
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Brendan McCluskey, mccluske@umdnj.edu
Andre LeDuc, leduc@uoregon.edu
Marcia Nickle, mnickle@udel.edu
David R. Bujak, dbujak@fsu.edu
The mission of the Universities & Colleges Caucus (UCC) is to represent the emergency management issues
surrounding college and university campuses. Although they are a part of the communities in which they
reside, higher education institutions take on special and sometimes unique considerations when
preparing their students, faculty, staff and visitors for responding to, recovering from and mitigating
against emergencies. The purpose of this caucus is to provide emergency managers from higher education institutions a voice on a national and international scale to ensure their needs are also being addressed by government and industry officials.
The DRU Listserv is intended for university and/or college emergency management professionals to share information and engage in discussions and dialogues related to the profession and emerging issues around campus emergency management. The DRU Listserv is hosted by the University of Oregon Emergency Management Program.
The IAEM UCC maintains a repository of information, plans, documents, templates and literature for the higher education campus Emergency Management practitioner. The repository is maintained by UC Davis at http://safetyservices.ucdavis.edu/emergency-management/dru. It is populated with information posted on the DRU (Disaster Resistant University) listmail or provided by DRU list members. The information is not vetted or endorsed and is posted as received. For more information, contact Valerie Lucus at vjlucus@ucdavis.edu.
- “Communities of Practice is an online network of vetted, active and retired First Responders, emergency response professionals and Federal, State, local, or Tribal Homeland Security officials sponsored by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate’s First Responder Technologies (R-Tech) program. Registered members of this professional network share information, ideas, and best practices, enabling them to more efficiently and effectively prepare for all hazards.” — from http://communities.firstresponder.gov
- The UCC sponsors two communities, one for IAEM UCC members, and another for members of the DRU listserv; these communities are a place to share secure documents such as meeting minutes, EOPs, procedures/protocols, and other FOUO materials.
 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Higher Education (01/11/10)This new FEMA course was designed to be delivered to teams of campus personnel who are responsible for creating, reviewing, implementing and exercising emergency operations plans. The target audience for this course is people who have traditional response or strategic experience, but minimal experience in emergency management planning. The three-day course is primarily highly interactive presentations and class exercises coupled with numerous individual and small-group practice activities.
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- Sept. 21-23, 2010: University of North Texas (Region VI) - contact Luis Tapia at Luis.Tapia@unt.edu
College Emergency Preparedness Initiative Funding for FY 2010 (12/15/09)
Summary: The Consolidated Appropriations bill included $7,000,000 to continue the Emergency Management Higher Education (EMHE) program in the Department of Education. This is the same amount requested by the President and recommended by both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
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