Key Terms and Definitions

Direction and Control: The executive governance (direction) and operational and strategic management (control) of response assets associated with the execution of the EOP, and particularly its Emergency Support Functions.
Emergency Coordination: Activity associated with the application of the core plans and programs outlined in the Emergency Management Policy during a Major Incident or Major Event.
Emergency Management: Activity that reduces the campus community’s vulnerability to hazards and creates the capacity to cope with major incidents. The process of coordinating available resources to effectively manage major incidents that threaten the University, thereby saving lives, preventing injury and minimizing economic loss. Emergency Management has five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response and Recovery.
Emergency Management Liaisons (EML): University Officials with senior administrative or management oversight of business units with assigned functional responsibilities in the EOP. These officials are responsible for communicating executive and operational priorities, objectives, and needs between the EOC and the CEPG.
Emergency Management Officials (EMO): University officials identified by units that are assigned roles and responsibilities within the ESFs to serve as EOC staff during an EOC activation. EMOs are responsible for collaborating and strategizing to meet executive and operational priorities and objectives and to ensure that the needs of the Incident Commander are met and/or communicated to the appropriate party. While serving in the EOC, all EMOs have the authority to direct and assign resources belonging to their unit as needed to support the established objectives and activities.
Emergency Management Program: The day-to-day administrative function of fulfilling the mission of Emergency Management for the University, facilitated by the Office of Emergency Management and Planning.
Emergency Policy Officials: University Officials with executive authorities, consisting of the Chancellor and members of the Chancellor’s Emergency Policy Group, that provide policy and executive decisions during an major incident in support of operational objectives.
Incident Command System (ICS): A standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of on-scene incident management, providing a common hierarchy within which personnel from multiple organizations can be effective. ICS is the combination of procedures, personnel, facilities, equipment and communications operating within a common organizational structure, designed to aid in the management of on-scene resources during incidents. It is used for all kinds of incidents and is applicable to small, as well as large and complex, incidents, including planned events.
National Incident Management System (NIMS): A systematic, proactive approach to guide all levels of government, NGOs, and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents. NIMS provides stakeholders across the whole community with the shared vocabulary, systems and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System. NIMS provides a consistent foundation for dealing with all incidents, ranging from daily occurrences to incidents requiring a coordinated Federal response.