2. Emergency Management Program
Hello my name is Dean Manship. I am the Emergency Preparedness Program Manager at Claremont University Consortium. I hold a newly created position that was envisioned by the Council of Presidents to strengthen the consortium-wide emergency management programs and spur collaboration in our planning activities.
I have been here just one year now and I feel that we have already begun to see significant improvements in these areas.
Today I will share with you some of the activities which comprises CUC’s emergency management program, as well as the activities I have been able to initiate or play a significant role in, in regards to disaster planning at each of the 7 Claremont Colleges. I will finish up by providing an overview and an Incident Management System that we have been implementing over the past several months.
Before I begin I would like to provide you a little bit of my prospective of the emergency preparedness environment that we have here at The Claremont Colleges, and some of the challenges we experience, all of which guide the emergency management activities we focus on.
First of all, 6 of the 7 colleges are all adjoined, located on approximately one square mile of land. Therefore many disasters that we may face are likely to impact all of the colleges, making it unlikely that mutual aid and assistance can be provided by an unaffected consortial member.
Unfortunately there has been a historical mindset that the colleges will have to compete for resources when a disaster occurs, and as a result much of the planning that has taken place has been conducted in a vacuum.
I realized early on that even if I had the perfect solution to structure and coordinate the emergency management programs in the most effective way, I did not have the ability to have any of the colleges change or implement anything.
So for the past year I have focused on developing CUC’s emergency management program with the intent that the colleges would see the successes that we are experiencing and hopefully follow suit. In many ways this has already begun to occur.
Dean Manship, MBA, CEM
Emergency Preparedness Program Manager
Campus Safety, Claremont University Consortium

3. Emergency Management Activities (CUC)
Implementation of new Emergency Operations Plan
Identify, train, and exercise Incident Management Team
Establish and equip an Emergency Operations Center
Identify and train Functional Response Teams
Development of emergency guidance for CUC staff
Establish and maintain emergency supplies and equipment for CUC and Consortium-wide emergency response
Develop a CUC Building Marshal Program

4. Emergency Management Activities (7C)
Intercollegiate Emergency Preparedness Committee
Executive level participation to help set the vision and direction for emergency management at each of the colleges.
Address collaborative opportunities for The Claremont Colleges to strengthen our ability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from manmade or natural disasters.

5. Emergency Management Activities (7C)
Intercollegiate Emergency Preparedness Committee (cont.)
(3) - Vice President for Finance/Treasurer
(2) - Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students
(1) - Vice President for Legal Affairs
(1) - Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer
(2) - Emergency Planners

6. Emergency Management Activities (7C)
Manage the consortium-wide Emergency Notification System
Conduct disaster training and facilitate drills and exercises for requesting consortial campuses
Build relations and coordinate planning activities with local and regional emergency response agencies
Participation in individual campuses Emergency Planning Committees
Provide consult and planning services for all campuses
Implementation of a Crisis Management System

7. CUC Crisis Management System
Web-based Crisis Management Tool Containing:
Site and Floor Plans
Interactive Virtual Building Navigation and Images
Hazardous Material Information
Utility Shutoff Locations and Instructions
Emergency Contact Information
Emergency Plans Repository
Virtual EOC Status Board

8. CUC Crisis Management System

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