The responsibility of the emergency management component of DSSEP is to strengthen the resilience of Broward College through ensuring that the College is prepared to respond to, prevent, recover from, and mitigate against the effects of a wide variety of disasters that could adversely affect the health, safety, and/or general welfare of the students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
The Director of Emergency Management is responsible for directing, planning, organizing and overseeing College-wide emergency management operations and activities. To accomplish this, various partnerships and collaborative relationships have been cultivated to support the continuity of the College's ability to accomplish its core mission.
Broward College's emergency management approach is designed around an all-hazards and whole community concept which expounds upon national preparedness efforts, planning frameworks and mission areas to charge protection, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery functions.