Emergency Response

• Protect the lives, safety, and health of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors at all campus locations, facilities, and events.
• Respond quickly and effectively to emergencies to minimize damage to facilities, infrastructure, and property.
• Assist with the transition from response efforts to recovery measures for the continuity of campus operations and services.

Emergency Management has a three-tiered response structure designed to use all the college's applicable resources to respond effectively to any situation. The structure includes tactical/operations, support, and strategic response teams.

The three components are: 

• Crisis Management Group 
• Core Response Team 
• Emergency Support Functions

Each campus has directors and assistant directors of security, security officers, Allied Universal officers, and other personnel to support response efforts, including first responders.

This is a physical (e.g., a conference room) or virtual (e.g., telephone conference call) location designed to support emergency response, business continuity, and crisis communications activities. Staff meets at the Emergency Operations Center to manage preparations for an impending event or manage the response to an ongoing incident.

Internal: 

• President 
• Cabinet 
• Business Continuity and Emergency Management 
• College Security Services dispatch 
• Communications, Advancement, and External Relations 
• Core Response Team 
• each campus College Security office 
• Emergency Support Functions 
• Enterprise Risk Management 
• Environmental Health and Safety 
• Facilities Services

External: 

• Charlotte Fire Department 
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office 
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department 
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 
• Huntersville Fire Department 
• Huntersville Police Department 
• Matthews Fire Department 
• Matthews Police Department