Last week, the UCI Emergency Management Division hosted a two-day; 16-hour FEMA training titled “Executive Seminar: Prevention of, Response to, and Recovery from Campus Emergencies.” The curriculum provided participants with an understanding of and ability to navigate through the difficult aspects of dealing with campus emergencies involving natural or human-caused events, including acts of violence. The course consisted of small; problem-based, integrated group activities that required a coordinated approach to solve. Through tabletop scenarios, course participants observed developing incidents and responded in a manner that was consistent with currently established campus plans, policies and procedures.
The training was made possible through FEMA’s National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC) and this course, specifically, was delivered by three subject matter experts from Louisiana State University’s (LSU) National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT). The course was well attended and included both UCI staff as well as public safety personnel from other local colleges and universities which contributed greatly to the quality of class discussions. A few of these other institutions included CSU Dominguez Hills, Loyola Marymount, Coastline Community College, UC San Diego and Los Angeles Community College District.
The training provided UCI emergency management with new “tools” and operational concepts to consider regarding campus preparedness, however, it also validated what a strong emergency management program the campus currently has in place. In fact, during the lead instructor’s final remarks, he commented that having delivered this course to more than 120 colleges and universities during his tenure, UCI has one of the strongest and most robust emergency management programs that he has ever seen. Furthermore, he requested permission to use the UCI Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) and related Annexes in future courses as “best practices” to benefit other institutes of higher education.
UCI strives to be a leader in education, research, patient care, innovation and world change and the Emergency Management Division has adopted this same vision as it relates to being a leader in emergency preparedness both within higher education and the larger community as a whole.
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