Disaster. A disaster involves the occurrence or threat of significant casualties and/or widespread property damage that is beyond the capability of UTHealth to handle with its organic resources. Characteristics include: Involves a large area, a sizable population, and/or important facilities. May require implementation of large-scale evacuation or in-place sheltering and implementation of temporary shelter and mass care operations. Requires community-wide warning and public instructions. Requires a response by most or all local response agencies. The EOC and one or more incident command posts (ICP) may be activated. Requires significant external assistance from other local response agencies, contractors, and extensive state or federal assistance. Assumptions Many emergency situations with little or no warning. If warning is available, alerting the UTHealth community, recommending suitable protective actions, taking preventative measures, and increasing the readiness of and deploying emergency response forces may lessen the impact of some emergency situations. We will use our own resources to respond to emergency situations and, if needed, request external assistance from outside contractors, institutions, or agencies pursuant to mutual aid agreements or from the State. Since it takes time to summon external assistance, it is essential for us to be prepared to carry out the initial emergency response on an independent basis. Emergency operations will be directed by local officials, except where state or federal law provides that a state or federal agency must or may take charge or where local responders lack the necessary expertise and equipment to cope with the incident and agree to permit those with the expertise and resources to take charge. Effective direction and control requires suitable facilities, equipment, procedures, and trained personnel. Direction and control function facilities will be activated and staffed on a graduated basis as needed to respond to the needs of specific situations. UTHealth has adopted the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and we have implemented all of the NIMS procedures and protocols, which will allow us to effectively work with our mutual aid partners, and state and federal agencies during any type if incident response.
Disaster. A disaster involves the occurrence or threat of significant casualties and/or widespread property damage that is beyond the capability of UTHealth to handle with its organic resources. Characteristics include: Involves a large area, a sizable population, and/or important facilities. May require implementation of large-scale evacuation or in-place sheltering and implementation of temporary shelter and mass care operations. Requires community-wide warning and public instructions. Requires a response by most or all local response agencies. The EOC and one or more incident command posts (ICP) may be activated. Requires significant external assistance from other local response agencies, contractors, and extensive state or federal assistance. Assumptions Many emergency situations with little or no warning. If warning is available, alerting the UTHealth community, recommending suitable protective actions, taking preventative measures, and increasing the readiness of and deploying emergency response forces may lessen the impact of some emergency situations. We will use our own resources to respond to emergency situations and, if needed, request external assistance from outside contractors, institutions, or agencies pursuant to mutual aid agreements or from the State. Since it takes time to summon external assistance, it is essential for us to be prepared to carry out the initial emergency response on an independent basis. Emergency operations will be directed by local officials, except where state or federal law provides that a state or federal agency must or may take charge or where local responders lack the necessary expertise and equipment to cope with the incident and agree to permit those with the expertise and resources to take charge. Effective direction and control requires suitable facilities, equipment, procedures, and trained personnel. Direction and control function facilities will be activated and staffed on a graduated basis as needed to respond to the needs of specific situations. UTHealth has adopted the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and we have implemented all of the NIMS procedures and protocols, which will allow us to effectively work with our mutual aid partners, and state and federal agencies during any type if incident response.
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