VT Mitigation Plan

Virginia Tech was one of thirty-one universities to receive funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Fiscal Year 2003 Disaster Resistant University program. Virginia Tech modeled its planning process on the Building a Disaster-Resistant University Guide published in August 2003 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Virginia Tech Hazard Mitigation Plan identifies the hazards that may affect the university and assesses campus buildings' vulnerability to these hazards. Mitigation strategies have been developed and prioritized to address the vulnerabilities identified in the plan. The plan also includes an assessment of the university's existing capabilities to implement a hazard mitigation plan. The plan concludes with implementation and maintenance procedures. If you wish to review the full plan, please contact Environmental, Health and Safety Services at safety@vt.edu.

The Virginia Tech Hazard Mitigation Plan is a living document that will be reviewed and updated on an annual basis by the Disaster Resistant University Advisory Committee, which is composed of senior university officials. Each department responsible for implementing the high priority mitigation strategies is required to develop measures of success that will be used to gauge how well the plan is being implemented and if the actions are achieving their intended purpose.

Virginia Tech is an active participant with the New River Valley as well as the Virginia State Hazard Mitigation planning process. Certain structural mitigation projects developed by Virginia Tech are added to the state priority mitigation project list, and funding is continuously being sought to implement these high priority projects.