UMass wins state, federal OK for hazard-mitigation plans

BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts has received state and federal approval of plans designed to improve the way it prepares for and responds to natural threats and has won $1 million in state grants.

The state grants funded the purchase of emergency generators aimed at furthering the safety infrastructure of the university’s campuses, UMass President Marty Meehan said on July 20.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency approved the university’s multicampus plan aimed at identifying and protecting students, faculty and staff, as well as protecting buildings and critical services such as heat, electricity and data storage from potential hazards, according to Jeffrey Hescock, director of University Emergency Management for the UMass system.

Only one other New England public university, the University of Maine, has won state and federal approval of this kind of comprehensive multihazard-mitigation plan, officials say. •

- Advertisement -

No posts to display