Major Incident and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Templates

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The University has recognised the need to produce a comprehensive Plan (Disaster Recovery Plan) to deal with the immediate consequences and aftermath of a major incident situation.

The Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) concentrates on dealing with major incidents involving physical damage to University assets.

A major incident is an occurrence requiring more than the normal response from University staff or the public emerging services. Major incidents can be grouped under three broad categories - communal, institutional and personal and examples of the categories are:

Communal - where the incident is a threat to a large group of people and the operation of the institution.
- Fire, flood or bomb attack;
- Multiple accident;
- Outbreak of a communicable disease e.g. meningitis, food poisoning;
- Sustained loss of services e.g. power, heat, information technology or failure to complete building work on programme;
- Health and safety emergencies e.g. radiation, asbestos, pollution, gas leak or unsafe property.

Institutional - where an incident is a threat to the operation or reputation of the institution.
- Condemnation by external assessors of the quality of the institutions teaching or research;
- Financial breakdown or impropriety;
- Targeting by a pressure group campaign
- Occupation of building or a demonstration which is potentially disruptive;
- Sabotage;
- The disgrace or sudden departure of a senior member of staff.

Personal - where the incident is a threat to the wellbeing of a staff member, student or visitor.
- A serious injury or death;
- An assault - physical or sexual;
- Personal harassment;
- An accusation of misconduct or criminal activity.

The aims of this Plan are to :
- Protect staff, students and others ;
- Secure the University's infrastructure and facilities ;
- Maintain the University's reputation ;
- Resume core business activities as soon as possible.

The Plan makes provision for the establishment of a Disaster Management Team (DMT) of pre-nominated individuals who will be responsible for the immediate handling of the incident and for co-ordinating the University's response to the incident. Their first objective will be to establish the extent of the incident and to ensure correct information is provided to all parties