Alert levels explained
Level 1
Full activation of the UC Emergency Response Organisation
High impact event
Life and/or property at risk
Large area affected (City/Province)
Business interruption Longer term (longer than one day)
Examples
- Severe weather event
- Major earthquake
- Violent event/Active shooter on campus
- Major fire
- Pandemic
Level 2
Partial activation of the UC Emergency Response Organisation
Medium impact event
Life and/or property at risk
Campus only affected
Some outside services involved
Some disruption to normal UC operations
Medium term (within one day)
Examples
- Marginal weather event predicted
- Minor/medium earthquake
- Off campus incident (Field Stations)
- Off campus accident involving UC staff or students
- Hazardous substance alert
- Fire
- Flooding
- Bomb threat
- Planned protest event of large scale
- Pandemic pre-notification
Level 3
Normal Day-to-Day operations (on-going monitoring)
Small impact incidents
Part of campus only affected
Short term (less than five hours)
Examples
- Minor accidents/incidents on campus
- Traffic disruptions
- Infrastructure Failure