Columbia University Medical Center
Emergency Response Plan

IV. Summary/Recovery Phase/Critique

When the Command Center is notified that basic service has been restored or that the situation has been stabilized, the Columbia University Medical Center Emergency Director or his/her designee, will notify the individuals who had been specifically mobilized for the emergency. This group shall reconvene at the Emergency Command Center to assure that everyone knows that the emergency has been concluded.

The recovery phase includes an assessment of damages, the development of a plan for the resumption of normal activities and a communication to the university community of this information.

A meeting shall be scheduled for the next day or as soon as feasible thereafter to collect the original logs maintained by staff and to critique the response to the emergency. The Emergency Director shall designate specific individual(s) to develop a chronology of the events that transpired throughout the emergency. This chronology will be based upon the collected logs and other information obtained from discussions with individuals who had been involved with the emergency.

The Emergency Director will convene a group to review this chronology. This group shall include key members of the Emergency Management Team as well as other individuals deemed necessary such as Risk Management and General Counsel.