Department Emergency Action Plans

Department Emergency Action Plans address the specific needs of faculty, staff, and students during emergency situations, such as fires, hazardous spills, earthquakes, flooding, explosion, and civil disorder.

Every department must have an Emergency Action Plan. They are an integral part of UCSD's campuswide Emergency Operations Plan and preparedness effort. Larger departments occupying different locations may decide they need individual plans for each facility they occupy.

Your department plan should identify hazards unique to your workplace, along with corresponding response strategies that minimize employee exposure to hazardous conditions during an emergency.

• Read How to Develop a Department Emergency Action Plan for instructions on what to include and how to gather information.

Emergency Action Plans are important because of the many types of work environments at UCSD and varying levels of risk at each one. Consider these facts about UCSD employees — they:

• Work for 280 departments in 550 buildings
• Conduct research in more than 2,300 laboratories
• Handle 180,000 different chemicals
• Generate tons of hazardous waste
• Experience a variety of work-related injuries and illnesses each year
• Work in a seismically active area

Safety

Emergency Preparedness

• Automated External Defibrillator Locations
• CERT (Campus Emergency Response Team)
• Community Resources
• Department Emergency Action Plans
  • How to Develop
• Emergency Guide
• Emergency Operations Plan
• Emergency Supplies: Personal Checklist
• Evacuation Procedures
• Evacuation for People With Disabilities
• Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team
• Medical Training Resources
• Reducing Workplace Earthquake Hazards
• Resources
• Tsunamis and Southern California