Emergency Situation: call 911 and pull the closest alarm.
Any potentially life-threatening situation, including natural gas odor or chemical spill of any kind should be reported immediately by calling 911 and pulling the closest alarm to evacuate the building.
The response protocol for 911 will notify the appropriate campus people and dispatch the appropriate resources (fire, police, EMTs). If you were on the scene when the issue happened, please go to the area where the fire/police response team meets at the Business Field. Identify yourself to Cherie Summers; if she is not on-site, identify yourself to either the fire or police.
When an alarm sounds: Leave the building via the closest available exit, taking your personal belongings. The Engineering Center is alarmed by building. If an alarm is not sounding in the area you are in, you may remain in that area, but you may not enter an area where an alarm is sounding.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
An automated external defibrillator (AED) has been installed in the Engineering Center lobby, just outside the entrance to the Dean’s Office. An AED is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia (aka heart attack) and applies electrical shock which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm. The AED has simple audio and visual commands and is designed to be simple to use by anyone. When you open the cabinet, an alarm will sound, so please open the cabinet only when you need the AED.