UTMB's twelve institutional priority risks are based collectively on a macro-level risk assessment and hazard vulnerability analyses (HVAs) conducted by all campuses and clinics, as well as the major reasons for Incident Command Team activation over the past year, our assessment of predicted future risks (e.g. new fertilizer refinery in Texas city), and a check of recent after-action reviews. Regarding HVA's, the major categories of risks include: natural hazards, human-caused hazards, technological hazards, hazardous materials, and emerging infectious diseases.

The priority risks listed below were presented to the Institutional Safety and Security Executive Committee and approved for calendar year 2025 (Chemical and Environmental Priority Risks are in the right column):

1. EXTREME WIND / FLOOD - Weather Events (e.g., hurricane)

2. CHEMICAL INCIDENTS

3. CYBER INCIDENTS

4. DISEASE OUTBREAKS

5. INTEROPERABLE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS - Multi-Agency Response

6. SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS / INFLATION

7. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

8. MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS

9. UTILITIES OUTAGES

10. FIRE

11. LONG TERM WATER SECURITY

12. LONG TERM POWER COSTS / AVAILABILITY

Note: UTMB Emergency Management operates on the calendar year (instead of the fiscal year) so that Hurricane season is not split in half.

Note: "SARS outbreak/pandemic" was included in the priority risk assessment (presented to the ISS) in September 2019, right BEFORE the Covid-19 pandemic began, meaning we had already begun preparing for a similar disease outbreak.

UTMB shares its risk information with community partners, local authorities, healthcare coalitions, et cetera. This is a collaborative process. UTMB also reviews and provides feedback on the risk assessments of jurisdictions or other agencies. Our goal is 'Whole Community Preparedness'.