Emergency Management Committee

Simon Sarkisian, Chair

The Emergency Management Committee at Cooper University Health Care is a multidisciplinary committee that meets regularly with key hospital stakeholders to:

  • Develop all-hazard emergency plans.
  • Perform a hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA).
  • Coordinate with other community agencies such as fire, police, EMS, public health, public works, the emergency management agency, hazardous materials unit, and ambulance dispatch center to encourage interoperability.
  • Coordinate with the medical staff and each department of the facility.
  • Assist in training stakeholders in the plans it develops.

Sub-committees

  • High Consequence Infectious Diseases
  • Military-Civilian Operations
  • Decontamination Operations