University of Cincinnati Telephone Directory 2012-2013 - Directories ...

Emergency Phone Numbers
Emergency Services, Public Safety, 513-556-4909 http://www.uc.edu/publicsafety/fire_emergency.html
FOR ALL EMERGENCIES................................... 911
TDD/TTY (Emergency & Non-Emergency)........................513-556-9933
Non Emergency Service Contacts
Directory Assistance
On Campus ........................................................................... 0
Off-Campus.......................................................513-556-6000
Public Safefty
http://www.uc.edu/publicsafety.html ........................513-556-1111
UC Information Technologies Help Desk
http://www.uc.edu/ucit/helpdesk.html ..........513-556-HELP(4357)
Work Control
http://www.uc.edu/af/facilities.html ..........................513-558-2500
After Hours...............................................................513-556-1111
Sign up for Emergency Text Message Notifications!
http://www.uc.edu/ucit/phone/emergencytextmsg.html
UC offers an emergency text messaging service to all students, faculty, and staff. At the discretion of UC Public
Safety, the system will be utilized only if there is an imminent situation where the safety and security of the
campus community is at risk or to announce a weather-related university closing.
Emergency Procedures
In an emergency:
1. Call 911 using any phone and report the problem. Give the telephone number from which you are calling
and your exact location—Building, floor, and room number.
2. If there’s smoke or a fire, pull the fire alarm to get everyone who is able out of the building. Do not use
elevators. Go to assigned outside assembly area. If there is a serious contamination problem, pull the fire
alarm to get everyone outside.
3. Relocate/evacuate those in immediate danger. Disabled persons are to assemble in defined rescue areas
preferably a room with an external window, phone, and solid door.
4. Assign one staff person to relay information to others.
5. If a tornado warning, go to the tornado safe area for your building (i.e., basement, interior hallway, nonglass
stairwell).
6. If a bomb threat, complete the bomb threat checklist below.
Bomb Threat Checklist
1. Remain calm, do not interrupt the caller. Note time of call. Note phone number where the call was
received.
2. As best you can, write down the exact words of the caller.
3. What did the voice sound like? (angry, raspy, stutter, whispered, excited, drunken, male, female, etc.)
4. Any background sounds? (airplanes, cars, office machines, static, beepers, voices)
5. Area threatened? Area name used by the caller?
6. Threat language? (educated, foul, incoherent, irrational, taped, or message read)
7. Your name and telephone number, and location.
8. Call 911.