121.10                             CRITICAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

 

121.10.1            PURPOSE

1.         Coconino Community College will conduct continuous planning to minimize the risk of personal injury and property loss from critical incidents; will cooperate with federal, state and local agencies charged with disaster control; and will take necessary and prudent steps to ensure continuity of operations and restoration of normal activities as quickly as possible following an emergency or a disaster.

 

2.         The College is committed to supporting the welfare of its students, faculty, administration, staff and visitors.  Preparing a campus critical incident management plan and allocating resources to respond to possible emergencies is one way in which the College offers this support.  The plan is fashioned in accordance with appropriate laws, regulations and policies that govern crisis/emergency preparedness and reflects the best and most current thinking in this area.

 

3.         The Critical Incident Management Plan is designed to maximize human survival and preservation of property, minimize danger, restore normal operations of the College, and ensure responsive communications between the College and the local community.  This Plan is set in operation whenever a natural or induced crisis affecting the College reaches proportions that cannot be handled by established measures.  A crisis may be sudden and unforeseen, or there may be varying periods of warning.  This Plan is intended to be sufficiently flexible to accommodate contingencies of all types, magnitudes and duration.

 

4.         The Plan provides for aiding the local communities when appropriate, though the prime responsibility of the Plan relates to protection of the College community.

 

5.         A coordinated response to campus critical incidents is directed toward the following outcomes:

 

A.      Rapid response to critical incidents

B.      Systematic and routine approach to critical incidents

C.      A systematic process for promptly identifying and supporting College decision-makers

D.      A system for evaluating all critical incidents, with the goal of providing improved plans to protect lives and property, and for reducing exposure to vicarious liability

E.      Management of public information in emergency situations

 

6.                   This plan focuses on the following types of crises:

 

A.