The University of Idaho announced Thursday it completed an internal review of the rocket fuel explosion that occurred on campus April 13, injuring four students.
According to a news release, an “ad hoc” internal committee was appointed by the Office of Public Safety and Security at the request of Vice President of Infrastructure Dan Ewart.
The group, made of 12 UI employees, was tasked with reviewing the specifics of this incident as well as looking at university policies and procedures pertaining to this event to prevent such an incident from occurring again.
The task force reviewed five specific areas: risk management, safety, emergency management, crisis communication and student affairs.
A final report was submitted by the committee and approved by President Chuck Staben, which provided “observations and 14 recommendations for enhancing and improving university safety and emergency response practices and policies and closing identified gaps.”
Any changes to specific UI policies and procedures will be implemented by fall 2017.
View the report at: uidaho.edu/incident-report.
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