Emergency Management Team Membership

Policy Group:
• President
• Vice President, Instruction
• Vice President, College Advancement and External Affairs
• Vice President, Business and Administrative Services
• Vice President, Student Services
• Director Public Information

The Policy Group will normally meet in the Student Center.

Operations Group:
• Vice President, Business and Administrative Services (Group leader for level 4 and 5 emergencies)
• Vice President, Student Services (Group leader for level 3 emergencies)
• Vice President, Instruction
• Vice President, College Advancement and External Affairs
• Chief of Security
• Director of Physical Plant
• Director of Purchasing
• Director of Technology Services

Other individuals may be asked to join the Operations Group as the situations dictate, including:
• Division chairs and department heads
• Counseling Services
• Technology Services

Logistics and Support Group:
• Maintenance personnel
• Clerical staff

In emergency situations that involve the city of Victoria or other surrounding municipalities, activities of the ERT must be coordinated with the local emergency preparedness officials.

Key Roles

The following College officers are expected to assume various roles, as outlined, in an effort to provide a coordinated response to an emergency. In some circumstances, it may be necessary to request faculty or staff to assume temporary roles outside the normal scope of their duties, taking into consideration their ability to carry out those temporary roles. It is understood that if any department does not have specific roles for their personnel to carry out, then those people will automatically become part of a "pool" of reserved personnel to assist as assigned by those coordinating the specific emergency.

• Division Chairs and Department Heads: Identify and resolve instructional issues. Coordinate necessary faculty resources.
• Communications and Clerical Staff: Provide courier services to policy and operations groups, post signs and notices, provide printed material as directed (posters, signs).
• Physical Plant: Mitigate facility and grounds damages and restore to functional level. Assist Security with creating a safety perimeter at the site of the emergency.
• Security: Law enforcement, crowd control, evacuation, site security and mobile communications. Liaison with on-site fire and medical command personnel.
• Purchasing: Obtain emergency goods and services; including pick-up/delivery to site of emergency.
• Student Services/Counseling: Coordinate student notification and response. Liaison with students.
• College Communications: Media coordination and spokesperson.
• Food Services: Coordinate dining services for dislocated personnel and emergency workers.