Critical Incident Response Team 
Texas A&M University

What is a Critical Incident?

The Division of Student Affairs has defined critical incidents to which CIRT will respond to include:

• Death of a Student (on or off campus)
• Attempted Suicide
• Life threatening Injury/Illness
• Sexual Assault
• Mental Health Crisis
• Drug / Alcohol Overdose
• Campus Disturbance / Riot
• Contacting Students in Case of Family Emergency
• Fire / Explosion with Injuries or Significant Damage
• Natural Disasters
• Airplane Crashes
• Infectious Disease
• International Hostage Situations/ Kidnappings
• National Emergencies
• Hate/Bias Incidents

Texas A&M University recognizes that the above list may not cover all situations that warrant CIRT intervention. Therefore, the determination of whether or not a situation needs CIRT attention will be decided by the CIRT Person On-Call or the Vice President for Student Affairs.

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Last updated 06/13/2006 03:17 PM