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Examples:  suspicious package, bomb threat report, odor complaint, localized chemical spill, plumbing failure, building flood or water leak, small fire or fire alarm, temporary building utility outage or individual medical emergency.

* A LEVEL 1 emergency has the potential to become a LEVEL 2 emergency if the situation prevents academic or administrative operations for a foreseeable period of greater than four (4) hours.

Incident Command System Core Team NOTIFIED.

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Incident Command System Core Team CONVENES.

LEVEL 3:  A disaster with severe impacts on/to the University and/or the surrounding community.
A Level 3 incident has the potential to jeopardize or suspend normal University operations and academic programs.  Under such conditions, the University Crisis Management Team provides leadership and policy direction to the Operational Teams.

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Incident Commnad System Core Team CONVENES.

A LEVEL 4 incident is a : a major emergency which impacts a sizeable portion of the campus and/or outside community.

A LEVEL 4 incident It may be a single or multi-hazard situation and often requires a Multi-agency Coordination System. Such threats may result from imminent events on campus or in the general community or in the region that develop into a major University crisis or full disaster.

Examples include: regional power failure for an extended period of time; a major fire; contagious disease outbreak or potable water contamination.

Incident Command System Core Team CONVENES.

A LEVEL 5 incident is : a catastrophic emergency involving the entire campus and surrounding community. Generally, these threats are
A LEVEL 5 incident generally involves multi-hazard threats and beyond the emergency response capability of the University and the local community.

Examples include: bioterrorism or nuclear disaster which would require State and Federal assistance.

Incident Command system Core Team CONVENES.