New Mexico State University has an All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan (AHEOP) that is integrated with Doña Ana County’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM), the joint public safety and disaster preparedness agency serving both Doña Ana County and the City of Las Cruces. In addition to this plan, all major units (e.g., colleges, departments and offices) are required to maintain an emergency action plan (EAP) to ensure life safety and protect university assets. These plans should be updated annually or when critical information changes.
NMSU’s Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management office has provided EAP templates. NMSU’s Emergency Planning Committee strongly recommends each department that has not already updated its emergency action plan to do so as soon as possible, before the Sept. 30 deadline.
Once completed, please send your emergency action plan to ehsrm@nmsu.edu. Ensure that all members of your department are trained and understand the plan and maintain an accessible printed copy of your EAP in your department.
These plans are intended to address the response of department-level personnel to hazards such as natural disasters, fires, hazardous material spills and active shooters. The goal of these plans is to get department personnel and those in the area (to include students and visitors) to safety as quickly as possible.
If you have any questions, please contact EHS&RM at ehsrm@nmsu.edu.