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October 26, 2018
The UW and the ‘Big One’ Will you and your building be ready for the next earthquake?
Check out a recent feature story from the UW’s student newspaper, The Daily, that highlights the recent successes and challenges facing the University of Washington in preparing our institution for the “BIG ONE”…. the major earthquake that is guaranteed to hit Western Washington. It could happen tomorrow, next year or in 100 years. We don’t…
October 8, 2018
Join us for a Personal Preparedness Presentation
Whether you’re ready to build a kit for your family, are worried about the big one, or are trying to better prepare your team to respond to campus after an emergency, personal preparedness is essential to taking care of yourself in any disaster. UW Emergency Management is now offering personal preparedness presentations at the UW…
September 20, 2018
Eli King elected IAEM Region 10 Vice President
Eli King, CEM, UWEM’s plans, training and exercise manager, was recently elected by her peers to the position of Vice President for Region 10 of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). Region X includes the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. In this role, Ms. King will have help shape and influence local,…
September 13, 2018
Exercise Public Announcement from UW Emergency Management
UW Emergency Management is conducting a Full-Scale Exercise that will take place Friday, September 14, 2018, in and around UW Medical Center and UW Health Sciences (Pacific Tower, the I and K wings) in the south campus area. The full-scale exercise will start at 8 a.m. and will last approximately 6 hours (concluded approximately around…
September 11, 2018
No EOC Tour September 14
UWEM will not be hosting the usual monthly EOC tour on Friday, September 14. The Emergency Operations Center will be in use for a campus exercise. Please mark your calendars to join us on October 12 at 10 am instead! Starting in October, the subject matter of the EOC tour will shift from campus emergency…
July 31, 2018
Build Your Husky Ready Plan in a Year: Month 7
This post is part of a 2018 series breaking the process of business continuity planning for University of Washington departments into monthly tasks to help build a plan in a year. Last month we detailed the IT systems and applications that are used daily to support business, and that would be used to drive our critical…
June 24, 2018
Build your Husky Ready Plan in a Year: Month 6
This post is part of a 2018 series breaking the process of business continuity planning for University of Washington departments into monthly tasks to help build a plan in a year. This month we will capture the details about your technology dependencies–both those with central IT and those managed entirely within your team. Next month we…
April 27, 2018
2018 Annual EOC Exercise to include Special Olympics USA and partner jurisdictions
Emergency Management (UWEM) is one of many UW departments who have been planning and preparing for the upcoming 2018 Special Olympic USA games at the UW Seattle campus for nearly 18 months now. We are honored to be working with an organization that empowers communities across the nation! While there have been many e-mails, conference…
April 26, 2018
BARC Planning gets easier while attracting special attention
The Business, Academic, and Research Continuity (BARC) program at the University of Washington is not new. Some of the tools available to help UW departments complete this (sometimes overwhelming) task are! Megan Levy of Emergency Management continues to create a monthly task for departments and schools working to complete their BARC plan – often referred…
April 18, 2018
UWEM hosts a week of trainings
Last week on Tuesday, April 10tth and Wednesday, April 11th at the UW Facilities Services Training Center two classes participated in the Incident Command System (ICS) Combo Course. The audience for these training were members of Unit Response Centers (URCs), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) responders, and members of the Pre-entry Assessment Team (PEAT), Rapid Assessment…
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