Basic Emergency Procedures
GENERAL ACTIONS:
Emergency Status
- Register to receive Triton Alert text and voice emergency notifications on your phone.
- Status message: 888-308-UCSD (8273)
When Calling 911, calmly state:
- Your name, the building and room locations of the emergency.
- The nature of the emergency – fire, chemical, etc.
- Whether injuries have occurred.
- Hazards present, which may affect responding emergency personnel.
- A phone number near the scene where you can be reached.
Building Evacuation Procedures
Keep Yourself and Others Calm
- Shut down equipment that could become unstable or present a hazard.
- Gather your personal belongings such as glasses, prescription medicine, keys, backpacks/bags/purse.
- Touch closed doors before opening. If the surface is hot, do not open — use another exit route.
- Quickly move to the outside of the building using the nearest door marked with an “EXIT” sign.
- Close, but do not lock, all doors as you leave. Take your keys with you.
- Do not use the elevators. Proceed to the nearest safe stairway.
- Be certain all persons in the area are evacuated immediately. Keep a list of all laboratory personnel near the exit of the lab/office that can easily be accessed and taken out of the building during an emergency. Use this list as a checklist to ensure all persons are out of the building. Advise emergency response personnel of any missing individuals.
- Help those who need special assistance – disabled, small children, etc.
- Report immediately to the designated evacuation area located near the building.
- Report any missing individuals and last known locations to emergency responders.
- Notify emergency responders about sensitive research, operating equipment, animals left in buildings, etc.
- Wait for instructions from emergency response personnel. Do not re-enter the building.
- For the Halicioglu Data Science Institute building, meet on Warren mall just north of the building.
