Concordia University Emergency Management

The Office of Emergency Management is responsible for maintaining Concordia University's emergency management plan. Its mission is to reduce the vulnerability and sensitivity to hazards and risk, to cope with crisis and emergencies by facilitating, coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain and improve the universities ability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, continue operations during, and recover from natural and man-made emergencies and crises.

Emergency Management oversees the following activities:

• Emergency response planning and coordination
• Planning and coordinating training exercises
• Conducting incident debriefings
• Severe weather monitoring and response
• Fire prevention inspections, consultations and permit management
• Emergency alerts and notification systems
• Hazardous material spill response
• Department preparedness & business continuity planning
• Volunteer emergency responder program (CERT)
• Travel registry and international emergencies
• Community emergency preparedness education.
• First Aid and public access to defibrillation program

The Emergency Management Program is located within the Office of Environmental Health and Safety and reports to the Vice-President, Services through the Senior Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Security.