Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response
The complexity of the challenges posed by catastrophic events, both natural and human-caused, requires thoughtful, innovative leadership and action, qualitities that are abundant in Emory's vibrant intellectual community.
The Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) serves as the center for Emory enterprise-wide planning for and coordinated response to catastrophic events, partnering with experts and resources at Emory and the broader community to address all hazards, including natural disasters, human-caused catastrophic events and public health emergencies.
Objectives:
- Bridge existing operational, educational and research activiites of Emory relevant to planning, respons, mitigation and recovery from catastrophic events
- Exercise all the relative components of the Emory enterprise in delivering an orchestrated response to a catastrophic event
- Catalyze development of novel, multi-disciplinary solutions for the mitigation of threats
- Enhance opportunities for enterprise-wide collaboration
- Enhance collaboration with community partners
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Campus Emergency Guide
Just in Time Training is a quick reference tool that provides helpful and quick information for students, faculty and staff to use in the event of an emergency. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on 16 different types of situations (or emergencies) everyone in the Emory community should be prepared to handle. The handy reference guide is ideal for offices, residential hall rooms and Laboratories.
