To study, recommend, and implement coordinated emergency preparedness and response activities for the NMSU System. The committee will plan and coordinate for potential emergent conditions brought on by both natural and manmade situations that potentially place university system personnel or assets in harm’s way. Such incidents consist of, but are not limited to weather, fire, criminal acts, and hazardous material release.

1. Serves in an advisory capacity to NMSU System Chancellor regarding potential emergent situations, including, but not limited to, review and recommendations regarding the content and administration of the university’s All Hazards Operations Plans, as well as the distinct, multi-agency, Doña Ana County / City of Las Cruces All Hazard Mitigation Plan;

2. Serves in an advisory capacity to the NMSU System Chancellor regarding administration of Policy 2.25, Emergency Preparedness and other emergency response protocols;

3. Serves in advisory capacity to the Associate Vice President of Information Technology relating to issues pertaining to the administration of Policy 2.38.1.1.8, Emergency Notification;

4. Serves collectively, or through its individual members, as a resource to the various NMSU campuses, departments and other units regarding the development and application of their respective All Hazards Operations Plans;

5. Develops and coordinates the execution of, as well as after-action-review of NMSU System and/or campus wide training exercises and scenarios, in preparation for potential, actual emergencies;

6. Conducts post-critical incident reviews with pertinent personnel, in order to facilitate improvement in the university’s emergency and administrative responses;

7. Acts collectively, or through its individual members, to coordinate with other NM agencies, municipalities, local public bodies and the community on issues involving public safety, including but not limited to emergency preparedness training, risk and loss mitigation, and emergency response to catastrophic events;

8. Acts collectively, or through its individual members, to coordinate with administrative bodies on campus charged with responsibility for university health and safety, including but not limited to the 1) Communicable Disease Preparedness Committee, 2) University Safety Committee, 3) Institutional Biosafety Committee, 4) University Radiation Safety Committee, 5) Institutional Review Board; as well as with each NMSU component or department/unit, as requested, regarding its emergency plans required by Policy 2.25;

9. Develops and recommends the adoption, or revisión, of university policies and/or protocols; and

10. Takes other action as may be directed by the NMSU Chancellor.

The committee makes recommendations to the Chancellor.

See above regarding self-governance.

Departments are represented for the life of the committee.

Every NMSU component is involved.

Terms are not staggered, and these are departmental positions.

The permanent co-chair would contact a department that has a vacancy and request to fill that vacancy within that area.

The permanent co-chair is the AVP of Facilities; the Executive Director of EHS, the Chief of Police and the Fire Department Chief are the rotating co-chairs.

Facilities and Services / Senior Administrative Assistant

None

July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017

July 28, 2016
August 25, 2016
October 28, 2016
January 26, 2017
February 23, 2017
April 27, 2017

• Point of distribution exercise;
• NMSU CART flood exercise to include follow-up on the ideas that came of the exercise;
• DAC/CLC Emergency Planning Tortugas Dam breach exercise with EBID;
• AHEOP update;
• Off-site Unified Command Post;
• Tunnel repair;
• The Outdoor Weather Warning System Siren functionality replaced by the Everbridge System;
• Spring all-NMSU emergency notification test;
• Fall all-NMSU emergency notification test;
• Draft of policy for UAS on NMSU campus;
• Emergency Evacuation Plans standardized and updated on campus;
• Start-up of bi-weekly Safety Message campaign via NMSU Hotline;
• Development of Emergency Preparedness Training module;
• Spring Fire Drills;
• Fall Fire Drills;
• Compliance testing of all fire protection and suppression systems, eye-wash and emergency showers;
• Lab and building inspections (EHS and FIRE);
• Hazardous waste removal program;
• Run, Hide, Fight. Active Shooter training;
• Fire Extinguisher training;
• CPR training. Certificate course and hands-only; and
• Aggie Safety Event at the NMSU Fire Station