New Mexico State University has an All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan (AHEOP) for the NMSU Las Cruces campus and DACC-Espina campus. 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 began sending out the revised EAP templates requiring additional information last year. NMSU’s Emergency Planning Committee urges each department that has not already updated its Emergency Action Plan to do so as soon as possible, before the winter break.
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 Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management at ehsrm@nmsu.edu.
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