Crises and Disasters Unit

Crises and Disasters

Unit tasks

The Crisis and Disaster Management Unit at the College operates according to the national system for crisis management in three stages as follows:
Role and tasks of the unit committees
First: Safety and Work Environment Security Committee
Tasks of the committee
- Preparing protection and safety plans for the College
- Developing emergency and evacuation plans with the implementation of scenarios that simulate how to act in the event of a crisis
- Ensuring the functionality and compliance of firefighting systems and their compliance with specifications and securing the College
- Continuous communication and cooperation with the Defense and Civil Protection Unit at the university and holding training sessions
Second: Development, Awareness and Media Committee Tasks of the committee
- Working to spread awareness of safety and security issues through seminars and educational lectures
- Preparing educational courses related to implementing and applying the specifications contained in the Defense and Civil Protection regulations for various activities at the College
-Enhancing the efficiency of the unit’s employees and encouraging them to attend specialized training sessions
- Providing accurate information and data within a framework of complete transparency
Third: Occupational Health and First Aid Committee Tasks of the committee
- Preparing preventive programs
- promoting health awareness, throughout the college community

The role of the unit

The role and responsibilities of the Crisis and Disaster Management Unit at the College are structured according to the national crisis and disaster management framework and divided into several phases:
First: The first stage: Pre-crisis/emergency event, in which:
- Planning, prediction/anticipation of crises and disasters that are likely to occur in the short/medium/long term
- Preparing plans and drawing scenarios to resolve crises and confront disasters
- Taking preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of the crisis or disaster
- Preparing to deal with events such as training individuals and maintaining equipment
- Spreading cultural awareness of crisis and disaster management and holding training workshops to raise the level of efficiency of College employees in
this field
- Developing monitoring and early warning mechanisms in the field of crisis and disaster management
- Equipping an operations room for crisis and disaster management equipped with appropriate communication devices
Second: The stage of confrontation, response and containment
- Implementing the plans and scenarios that were previously prepared and trained on
- Implementing confrontation and relief work of all kinds according to the type of crisis
- Carrying out emergency services work

Unit formation

Formation of the Crisis and Disaster Management Unit
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Sami (Head of the Unit
Prof. Dr. Amir Nasser (Safety and Work Environment Security Committee)
Mr. Omar Abdel Aziz (Development, Awareness and Media Committee)
Mr. Abdullah Ali (Occupational Health and First Aid Committee