{"id":13235,"date":"2010-05-25T10:03:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=13235"},"modified":"2022-03-02T16:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T21:17:50","slug":"is-your-college-prepared-for-a-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/is-your-college-prepared-for-a-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your College Prepared for a Disaster?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-5183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/08\/ucf_alert_thumb.png\" alt=\"ucf alert icon\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\" size-full img-fluid wp-image-5183 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"ucf alert icon\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/08\/ucf_alert_thumb.png\">A new University of Central Florida study found that some U.S. colleges and universities might not be as well prepared for emergencies or disaster situations as school leaders would like.<\/p>\n<p>Of more than 100 campus safety leaders surveyed, UCF Associate Professor Naim Kapucu found that only 13 percent of respondents \u2013 a mix of emergency management, public safety and police officials \u2013 said they were \u201cvery confident\u201d that their campuses would be disaster resilient.<\/p>\n<p>Campus security is an issue of primary concern for colleges and universities, especially since the tragic 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech and other high-profile incidents of campus violence across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Both the UCF Office of Emergency Management and UCF\u2019s Center for Public and Nonprofit Management are involved with improving and researching emergency preparedness. 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