The Safety and Security Committee meets monthly to lead the development and implementation of a college-wide, comprehensive, all-hazards emergency management program to prepare and direct the actions of the college community in the event of an emergency.
Responsibilities
- Review plans outlining operating procedures to respond to disasters or emergencies, such as tropical storms/hurricanes, freezing weather, pandemics, etc.
- Communicate emergency response plans with employees and students.
- Assess the effectiveness of emergency preparedness, response, and disaster recovery policies, procedures, activities, and organizational structure related to emergency preparedness/responses and provide feedback for continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with numerous departments across campus regarding emergency management policies and procedures (i.e., President's Office, VP of Finance & Administration, Maintenance, Security, Marketing, IT, HR, Instruction, Huntsville Center, employee Assembly groups, etc.).
- Track safety and security projects associated with the Safety Committee/emergency preparedness.
- Partner and communicate with local, state, and federal agencies to stay up-to-date on emergency situations and procedures (e.g., Office of Emergency Management in Baytown, City of Houston, Harris County, Chambers County, State of Texas; Harris County Public Health (HCPH), Texas Department of Health & Human Services, CDC; National Weather Service; etc.).
- Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, as well as those that could affect response efforts and details of plan implementation.
- Work with Marketing and other applicable offices to ensure emergency messages/alerts are adequately communicated to the college community.
- Ensure compliance with the state-required Safety and Security Audits and Multi-Hazard Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).
