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Housing and Food Services Officer

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Assignment

The Director of Housing is designated Housing and Food Service Officer and shall in an emergency report to the Emergency Operations Center.

Duties

  1. Develop plans to operate, as needed, the campus housing and feeding facilities to accommodate and/or feed the normal university population and non-university personnel as the facilities permit, in the event of a major disaster. All Food Service Facilities will be used as required and the directors/operators of these facilities will report to this officer during emergency operation requiring the activation of this service.
  2. Insure that all resident managers and other staff personnel are trained and aware of their duties in the event of a disaster.
  3. Establish auxiliary kitchens or mess hall as required.
  4. Prepare required buildings for sleeping purposes and assign spaces. This may involve the use of buildings not normally used for sleeping.
  5. Maintain records on persons using emergency housing and feeding facilities and submit to the Plan Director a report of activities and operations conducted and cost of such.
  6. Insure that emergency provisions (food and water) for approximately two hundred fifty (250) people are available for a minimum of three (3) days.