ore Capabilities
Core capabilities identify critical elements and provide tools UAMS can use to build and sustain services while protecting our employees, students, patients, and guest during and after a hazard or incident has occurred.
For more information, see Emergency Support Functions.
Mission Area
Mission Area Description
Core Capabilities
Prevention
The capability to avoid, prevent or stop a threat or actual act of a human incident;
focused on ensuring optimal preparedness to prevent such events at UAMS.
- Planning
- UAMS Police Department
- UAMS security and support
- Information sharing and operational communications
- Physical protection measures
Protection
The capability to secure UAMS against manmade or natural disasters.
- Access control and identity verification
- Cybersecurity/IT security
- Risk management
- Public information and emergency notification systems
- Emergency operations planning
Mitigation
The capability to reduce the loss of life and property by reducing the impact of disasters.
- Threats and hazards identification (HVAs)
- Risk and disaster resilience assessment
- Emergency operations planning
- Long-term vulnerability reduction
Response
The capability to save lives, protect property and meet basic human needs after an incident has occurred.
- Planning
- Public information and emergency notification systems
- Situational assessment
- Operational coordination (Incident Command System)
- Public health, healthcare and emergency medical services
- On-scene security, protection and law enforcement
- Mass care services
- Infrastructure systems
- Healthcare emergency management
- Chemical, biological and radiation planning and emergency medical services
Recovery
The capability to restore normal services disrupted by incidents or hazards as quickly as possible.
- Business continuity plans
- Facility damage assessment
- Disaster recovery plans
- Operational communications
- Health services - alternate site locations
Mission Area
Prevention
Mission Area Description
The capability to avoid, prevent or stop a threat or actual act of a human incident; focused on ensuring optimal preparedness to prevent such events at UAMS.
Core Capabilities
- Planning
- UAMS Police Department
- UAMS Security and Support
- Information sharing and operational communications
- Physical protecion measures
Mission Area
Protection
Mission Area Description
The capability to secure UAMS against manmade or natural disasters.
Core Capabilities
- Access control and identity verification
- Cybersecurity/IT security
- Risk management
- Public information and emergency notification systems
- Emergency operations planning
Mission Area
Mitigation
Mission Area Description
The capability to reduce the loss of life and property by reducing the impact of disasters.
Core Capabilities
- Threats and hazards identification (HVAs)
- Risk and disaster resilience assessment
- Emergency operations planning
- Long-term vulnerability reduction
Mission Area
Response
Mission Area Description
The capability to save lives, protect property and meet basic human needs after an incident has occurred.
Core Capabilities
- Planning
- Public information and emergency notification systems
- Situational assessment
- Operational coordination (Incident Command System)
- Public health, healthcare and emergency medical services
- On-scene security, protection and law enforcement
- Mass care services
- Infrastructure systems
- Healthcare emergency management
- Chemical, biological and radiation planning and emergency medical services
Mission Area
Recovery
Mission Area Description
The capability to restore normal services disrupted by incidents or hazards as quickly as possible.
Core Capabilities
- Business continuity plans
- Facility damage assessment
- Disaster recovery plans
- Operational communications
- Health services - alternate site locations
UAMS Emergency Management
4301 W. Markham Street, Slot #730, Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: (501) 258-4547 Or Email: EmerMgt@uams.edu
Emergency Operations Center • Phone: (501) 686-6999
After Hours Call • Phone: (501) 686-7000
4301 W. Markham Street, Slot #730, Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: (501) 258-4547 Or Email: EmerMgt@uams.edu
Emergency Operations Center • Phone: (501) 686-6999
After Hours Call • Phone: (501) 686-7000