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2.6.11 Consistency
The plan should be consistent with the policies of relevant internal and external agencies and authorities
such as Government Agencies, Federal legislation and Standards and Occupational Health & Safety
Guidelines.
3. Case Study: Disaster Management Plan for Allama Iqbal Open University- Islamabad-
Pakistan.
3.1 Introduction
Allama Iqbal Open University is one of the 13 mega Open Universities of the world providing education
to more than 7, 00,000 students across the country through formal and non formal, Open and Distance
Learning (ODL). The main campus of the University is located at the federal capital Islamabad and the
outreach system is composed of 26 regional centers, 91 regional coordinating offices at distract levels and
1006 study centers across the country to provide education from elementary to doctoral level in more than
1000 courses (AIOU Vice Chancellor report, 2006)
Presently around 3000 employees are working at AIOU, with more than 2000 person at main campus.
During the earthquake of October, 2005, it was observed that there is no proper disaster plan with the
University to deal with any kind of emergency situations. A draft Disaster Management Plan was
developed for the purpose.
3.2 Salient Features of the proposed Disaster Management Plan (DMP) for AIOU
The Co-ordination of a disaster situation occurring on a campus shall be controlled by the Disaster
Management Group (DMG). Under the plan the DMG is responsible for the allocation of resources and
making decisions regarding the situation at hand. The DMG shall be composed of the following;
- Vice Chancellor as Patron in Chief.
- Registrar as Controller.
- Project Director ( Director P&D) as Coordinator
- Estate Management Officer
- Occupational Safety Health and Security Officer.
- Representatives from the Staff Unions.
- Public Relations Officer.
- Treasurer
The organization of DMP has been given in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Details of the proposed Disaster Management Group at AIOU.
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