Doc. T99-060, as amended
Passed by the Board of Trustees on August 4, 1999
Latest revision: December 14, 2011

Programs to create and maintain safeguards, emergency management and business continuity are essential to ensure that the University of Massachusetts (University) mitigates risks and is able to continue to perform its mission in the event of natural or human-caused disasters or other extraordinary events that might disrupt normal operations. Emergency management and business continuity programs are vital in protecting the safety and welfare of University faculty, staff, students and associates; in minimizing damage to, and loss of University property and assets; and in restoring normal University operations as rapidly as possible.

  • The University will take an all-hazards approach to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the impact against any natural or human caused disaster. The goal is to create a disaster-resilient University with effective crisis and consequence management capability.
  • The University’s emergency management and business continuity programs will be guided by nationally recognized industry standards and best practices as determined and set by the President.
  • The University will employ a system-wide integrated multidisciplinary approach to emergency management and business continuity not only to prepare each University campus and President’s Office to disasters, but in identifying opportunities to coordinate and collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  • The emergency management and business continuity programs will maintain a comprehensive and effective program encompassing risk assessment, risk mitigation, emergency preparedness and response, training and exercising and business continuity to strengthen crisis and consequence management capabilities across the University system.
  • The President shall develop and issue guidelines for campuses to follow in the implementation of this policy.

 

Doc. T99-060, as amended | Emergency Management and Business Continuity and Planning Policy
Passed by the Board of Trustees on August 4, 1999
Revised: 
December 14, 2011