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OEM Training Exercise

During emergencies, UCLA's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operates 24/7 in crisis mode, gathering information, coordinating resources, and managing mission assignments to support on-scene responders. On June 21, the Office of Emergency Management hosted a training exercise for the Campus Emergency Operations Group (CEOG) and the Emergency Management Policy Group (EMPG).  The exercise simulated a 6.8 magnitude earthquake on the Santa Monica Fault, which runs south of UCLA.

Staff and volunteers in the Campus Emergency Operations Group staff the Emergency Operations Center during an incident.

Staff and volunteers staff the EOC during emergencies.
 
UCLA's EOC is staffed by the CEOG, which is made up of UCLA employees from across campus who serve UCLA and help make it safer and better prepared to respond to emergencies. CEOG members train to serve on one of the EOC units: planning and intelligence; operations; logisitics; or finance and administration. During the exercise, 28 CEOG members responded to over 200 simulated injects ranging from phone calls from concerned parents to structural damage and compromised utilities.
 
CEOG staff in the planning and intelligence unit gather and verify information before providing status reports to the EMPG.

CEOG staff in the planning and intelligence unit gather and verify information before providing status reports to the EMPG.

 

Incident status is continually provided to the EMPG, a team of University leaders including the Chancellor and the Administrative Vice Chancellor, which is responsible for making policy decisions related to campus operations, including class cancellations and curtailing campus operations. 

UCLA's Emergency Management Policy Group convenes during emergencies to make decisions regarding campus operations.

Campus leadership convene as the EMPG during an incident. 
 

Additionally, 13 of our private and public sector colleagues from across Southern California came to support the exercise by serving as facilitators and evaluators. The lessons learned from this exercise will allow the Office of Emergency Management, CEOG staff, and University leaders to better prepare for and respond to emergency events on campus.

 

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