Campus Emergency Response

Incident Management Team

The Incident Management Team is the lead emergency response team for Harvey Mudd College. This team uses the Incident Command System and assigns Command and Section Leaders to lead the campus emergency response effort. These members work together to gather incident information, create emergency actions plans and respond to incidents. HMC Incident Support Team and members work under the direction of the IMT. Training for this group may include: Incident Command System (ICS) and the California Standardized Emergency Management System and National Incident Management System (SEMS/NIMS) courses, periodic exercises and other training as appropriate. Duties of IMT during an emergency may include:

• Activation of the Emergency Operations Center
• Notification and activation of Incident Support team members
• Deployment of emergency response teams and other response groups
• Verification and release of incident information
• Update HMC community regarding emergency or incident
• Activation of Emergency Plans (e.g. Shelter-in-Place, Evacuate)
• Coordination of additional resources needed for incident