Ndsu’s Approach to Disaster Resistant Universities Kent Theurer

NDSU’s Approach to Disaster Resistant Universities

• Kent Theurer

• Research Assistant

Goal

• To create and upgrade infrastructure to ensure the disaster resistance, resilience and continued sustainable development of the university.

Organizing Resources

• Tasks

• Create planning team and advisory board
• Develop methodology for data gathering
• Study best practices currently utilized by peer institutions
• Examine local mitigation plans

Hazard Risk Assessment

• Tasks

• Identify all potential hazards
• Examine university disaster history (vulnerability)
• Establish previous costs as a portion of cost/benefit analysis
• Examine and establish risk assessment methodology
• Conduct risk assessment for campus

Vulnerability & Risk Assessment

• Evaluation of Buildings

• Structural
• Social
• Security
• Network-Cyber
• Administrative

Developing the Plan

• Tasks

• Identify mitigation projects
• Feasibility
• Historical/Environmental impact
• Rank mitigation projects based on risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis

Implementing the Plan

• Tasks

• Develop necessary support to adopt the plan
• Implement the plan
• University impact analysis of projects
• Apply for PDM to advance mitigation strategy

University Information

• Division One Reclassification

• Academic
• Athletic

• Phoenix International Research Location

• Manufacturing Plant for Alien Technologies

Major Disaster History

• At Least 7 Major Fires Since 1909

• An F5 Tornado in 1957

• 3 Major Rain/Flood Events

Thanks for your kind attention

• Contact info:

• Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel, Ph.D. Kent Theurer

• [phone] [phone]

• [e-mail] [e-mail]

• Emergency Management Program

• North Dakota State University

• P.O. Box 5075

• Fargo, ND 58105