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Washington State University Office of Emergency Management

About Us

Mission Statement:

To develop and administer a comprehensive emergency management program to encompass the five physical WSU campuses, as well as research stations and Extension sites throughout the state. This program works in partnership with academic colleges and departments, operating divisions and units, and the staff, faculty and students of WSU in cooperation with federal, state and local jurisdictions to protect the safety of students, faculty, staff, visitors & animals; to safeguard critical infrastructure, facilities, environment, essential records & research; and to resume operations as soon as practicable.


Values and Goals:

To take a look further into the Washington State University Office of Emergency Management’s Values and Goals, please see our Strategic Plan.


Establishment:

Emergency management functions in many forms have taken place at WSU for many years. Efforts by the Public Safety Office, Environmental Health and Safety, Business and Finance and other departments and units established the groundwork for current emergency management functions. In 2004 it was determined an office and personnel specifically dedicated to the tasks associated with effective emergency management for an institution of the scale and scope of WSU was needed. The Emergency Management unit was established under the Division of Business and Finance to address the increasing needs of WSU to meet accepted standards for emergency planning, response, recovery, and mitigation throughout the University’s statewide presence.

NAME PHONE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
Gary Jenkins

gary.jenkins@wsu.edu

Dawn Daniels

mdaniels@wsu.edu

335-8548

 

335-4385 or 8548

Chief of the WSU Police Department

 

Assistant Chief of the WSU Police Department

Jason Sampson

sampsonj@wsu.edu

 

Shawn Ringo

sringo@wsu.edu

335-9564

 

 

335-5251

Director of Environmental Health and Safety & Emergency Management

 

Director of Environmental Health and Safety & Emergency Management

WSU Pullman Emergency Response Unit Directors
Dawn Daniels

mdaniels@wsu.edu

335-4385 or 8548 Assistant Chief of the WSU Police Department
Tom Ambrosi

tambrosi@wsu.edu

335-1642 Director, IT Communication and Network Services
Rey McGehee

rmcgehee@wsu.edu

335-6763 Assistant RSO, Radiation Safety Office
Craig Cole

craig.cole@wsu.edu

335-9000 Executive Director, Facility Operations
Jason Sampson

sampsonj@wsu.edu

Shawn Ringo

sringo@wsu.edu

335-9564

 

335-5251

Director, Environmental Health and Safety

 

Director, Environmental Health and Safety

Regional Campus Emergency Management Contacts
WSU Spokane:
Jonathan Schad                         schad@wsu.edu
(509) 358-7991 Director of Facilities Operations
WSU Vancouver:
Dave Stephenson stephend@vancouver.wsu.edu
(360) 546-9004 Lieutenant/Manager Department of Public Safety and Police Services
WSU Tri-Cities

Scott Tomren             stomren@tricity.wsu.edu

WSU Everett

Cheryl Blackburn                                  cheryl.blackburn@wsu.edu 

(509) 372-7163

 

 

(425) 405-1712

Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator

 

 

Facilities Administrator