Higher Education Society Preparedness to Emergencies and Disasters Activities and Responsibilities in GümüĢhane University

A comprehensive disaster and emergency action plan needs to be developed to be able to apply and develop all phases of disaster and emergency management in higher education institutions. At the same time, it was aimed to determine the level of preparation and knowledge of disaster and emergency situations and responsibilities and duties of all individuals in the institution. A questionnaire was developed to assess the perceptions of the administrative staff, academic staff and students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of GümüĢhane University, which constitute the researcher's universe, regarding the preparedness for disaster and emergency situations and to determine whether the faculty is ready for disasters. In our study, it was found that the average of the school preparations is 3.55 ± 2.22. As the average attitudes of the preparatory attitudes of the staff participants increase, the average of the school preparation scores increases. The relationship between participants' averages of 'Probability, Trust, Anxiety, Knowledge' scores was examined.