Algoma University places the health, safety, and well-being of all students, faculty, staff, and visitors as its most important priority. Despite having policies and procedures in place to address various health and safety issues, an emergency may nonetheless occur. For this reason, an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) has been developed to deal with those types of events that require a greater concerted effort to effectively resolve the situation. This ERP is specific to the Algoma University main campus only and does not include our Brampton or Timmins campuses. They will have their own site-specific plans. The Emergency Plan in and of itself cannot however guarantee an efficient, effective response to an emergency. It must be utilised as a tool to assist University members and officials in their response activities, as well as their interaction with any municipal agencies that may respond to our campuses.

The Plan must be flexible enough to adapt to a broad spectrum of emergencies and must be supported with:

• Adequate personnel, equipment, and training for the response to the emergency
• Familiarity with the Plan and its contents by all departments, Faculties, units, etc.
• Training and exercises
• Awareness of resources available both internally from University departments,
• Testing the plan on a regular basis
• Review of the plan following actual incidents or exercises and updating it as required