Campus Emergency Preparedness: Meeting ICS and Nims Compliance

Maureen Connolly, EdD, has a cross-disciplinary background in higher education and emergency management. She is a seasoned emergency management researcher, writer, curriculum developer, college administrator, and faculty member. She is also an active member of the FEMA Disaster Field Training Operations cadre, a US Coast Guard Auxiliarist, and a frequent consultant to colleges and universities. Since 2008 Dr. Connolly has been working with colleges and universities in analyzing their emergency preparedness plans which she has renamed Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response and Recovery Plans or PPMRR Strategies. After the strategies are developed exercises are created to test and analyze capabilities.