• Incident Commander (IC) – directs all aspects of the University’s response under the direction of the President, including the evacuation and relocation, as may be necessary • Vice President - Finance – This individual currently serves as the Director of Public Safety and will also help to ensure the initial communication and direction of all members of the CIRT is occurring as it should and has responsibility for authorizing mutual support needs and for coordinating financial resources for response and recovery operations. • Directors of Facility Management and Campus Facility Managers - Manage the response of the security guards (in Chicago), the floor wardens, coordination of CIRT and emergency messaging through coordination with all other personnel. Also has the responsibility of furnishing and directing staffing and equipment to cordon and maintain security in the affected area; conduct search and rescue operations; maintain crowd control and establish traffic flow routes; direct large-scale evacuations and assist police and fire as appropriate; make sure buildings are operating as appropriate including HVAC, etc., and also furnish and direct manpower and equipment for restoring buildings to functional use. In the absence of the IC at a particular campus, these individuals have the responsibility to fill in as the IC. In times of evacuation, these personnel have the responsibility to ensure all areas have been vacated as appropriate by checking classrooms, bathrooms, labs, etc. • Provost or Provost Designate – has the responsibility of informing and assigning responsibility to the faculty. • Vice-President of Communications – has the responsibility for coordinating the needs of the outside media and for providing news releases to the Public and coordinating the reception of calls from parents and family members of students. • University Faculty Counseling Representative – has the responsibility to provide counseling and behavioral support to the team and will help in the analysis of behavioral situations and counseling for those needing support. • Chief Information Officer or Designate – has the responsibility to ensure that the systems and systems back up plans are operating effectively as part of the emergency response and to ensure that the various methods (phone, broadcast, etc.) set up for affecting the emergency warning and notification are working properly. • Vice-President Human Resources or Designate – has the responsibility to coordinate the communication with employees and provide legal counsel and other resources as may be required. Depending on the crisis, membership of the above team can/will be adjusted to include other campus administrators as needed. All parties keep the University’s President or the IC informed throughout the process to ensure coordination and proper response is occurring. All members of the CIRT must be knowledgeable of the other members of the CIRT and a phone listing is distributed regularly to all members of the CIRT as well as all key members of the University Leadership Team on a regular basis.
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