
Strategic Alignment
Risk and Safety Services
Risk and Safety Services is crucial in fostering a secure environment conducive to UCSC’s educational and research missions. By implementing proactive exhaustive safety measures, offering extensive programming and training, and maintaining robust emergency response plans, the unit significantly reduces risks and ensures compliance with safety regulations. These efforts create a resilient and prepared campus community, capable of effectively mitigating emergencies and minimizing potential losses.
Key Departments and Functions
Campus Safety (CSA): Promotes campus safety and security through trained ambassadors who provide emergency response, first aid, and disaster response services across the campus.
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S): Ensures compliance with environmental, health, and safety programs to minimize occupational injuries and illnesses and protect environmental quality.
Office of Emergency Management (OEM): Administers comprehensive emergency management programs to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the impacts of emergencies that threaten the university’s mission and the safety of its community. This department is currently in expansion development to include mission continuity services.
Risk Services (RS): Supports campus departments in identifying and managing risk exposures, administering insurance programs, and maximizing recovery from accidental losses.
Occupational Health: Under the Risk Services umbrella, Occupational Health focuses on the health and safety of the university’s employees by addressing workplace hazards and promoting health and safety programs.
Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS): Manages access to the campus, oversees parking and transportation services, and ensures the efficient operation of transit systems and infrastructure.