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A CSOT EXERCISE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY

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Finance Msg 4 Response

 

Point of Contact: Craig Kispert

CSOT Department/Area: Finance

What Now questions:

  • Before students leave, have you identified a need for volunteers to assist in recovery efforts for your area? How will you recruit volunteers?  We will not need any student volunteers to assist in recovery efforts for our area at this time.
  • Have you begun assessing the impact of the quake to your area? Have you addressed staff availability (who needs to go home tonight versus who needs to stay)?We have begun to review the calendar and the status of various payments that are or will be required over the next week to assess how these will be made if systems aren’t up and running or available.  We have started to try to contact our representatives at Bank of America.  There will be very few of our staff that will be required to stay on campus for the night.  A bigger issue will be the ability of staff to get away from campus and home with bridges potentially closed.  We would consider asking staff that live in relative proximity to campus to allow non-essential staff to “crash” at their homes for the next couple hours.  Staff that leave campus are requested to attempt to contact either Steve or Joan every couple hours for status updates regarding the next couple days.
  • List your essential personnel – those who may be required to staff through the night.  Craig Kispert and Steve Whitehouse.
  • Are your staff/students or others around you in need of pastoral care, counseling services?  What is your plan for helping them in gaining assistance?  Staff/students needing pastoral care or counseling services would be directed toward the loop where the Center of Worship has set up.  Staff/students going to the loop would be accompanied by an unaffected staff member to make sure they all make it to the loop.
  • Shelter/warmth, food, water and restrooms on campus are still unavailable as the buildings are not yet open.  How will you deal with these issues for those who stay?  Hopefully the BECs will have been in contact with FPM and Sodexo about accessing the emergency stores of water and foods and can share some information with their locations about this.  These are located down toward the WAC building but are accessible for distribution.  Restrooms will be a high priority or need for people by this point in time.  If no buildings with restroom facilities are available, people will revert to finding a bush at some point.
  • Have your priorities changed?  Specifically related to the Finance operations, no.  Staff could be redeployed for the remainder of the day to assist with other areas on campus as needed.
  • What actions do you need to take in the next hour? Next two hours?  Once buildings are reviewed and there is a clearer picture about what will be working or not working in the next 24 hours, we would then begin to act accordingly with Bank of America and US Bank about getting access to funds and making payments as needed.
  • Have any issues or new questions emerged?  Not specifically related to the Finance operations.

Craig Kispert

Assoc. Vice President for Business and Finance

Seattle Pacific Universityckispert@spu.edu

Phone: 206-281-2536

Fax: 206-281-2388