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Emergency Procedures
The College Administration regards your continued safety as one of its highest priorities. In the event you need to speak with someone in the Campus Safety Office, it is located on the lower level of Somerset Hall, near the Welcome Center. The College has an Emergency Management Plan, and regularly coordinates emergency activities with local law enforcement and other emergency responders.
To report an on-campus emergency, requiring immediate attention, call 908-231-8800; for an off-campus emergency, call 911.
Phone: 908-231-8800 (direct line)
Confidential TIPS hotline: 908-231-8806
(Call to report suspicious people, behavior or packages, someone in distress or threats of violence. All calls are confidential. You do not need to give your name.)
In Case of Emergency – Follow These Procedures
Fire or Smoke in a Building
In the event of an activation of the fire alarm system all persons on campus will be notified by
the sound of a fire alarm horn, flashing strobe lights, and the following message will be broadcast over the fire alarm speaker devices, “EMERGENCY ALERT! FIRE ALARM, EVACUATE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.” Fire doors throughout the campus will automatically close. Some areas of the campus have a water suppression system that may activate in an effort to contain or extinguish a fire. In the event of a fire alarm activation, take the following actions:
• Remain calm – Exit the building using the most direct route
⚬ DO NOT use elevators.
⚬ DO NOT assemble in the center courtyards, or within 250 feet of any structure. ⚬ Close, but do not lock, windows and doors.
• Follow instructions of College Evacuation Marshals and Campus Security Officers and proceed to the nearest assembly point.
• Warn others to evacuate, and if possible, help others requiring assistance.
• IF UNABLE to Evacuate or for Person(s) with Disabilities, DO Not use Elevators, move away from danger, move to a place of safety or move to the nearest stairwell (which are designated areas of refuge), seek shelter on the stairwell landing. Contact Campus Safety at 908-231-8800 and provide your location (building, floor and room number).
⚬ IF UNABLE to contact Campus Safety call 9-1-1.
• Once assembled at an evacuation assembly area, await further instructions
⚬ DO NOT re-enter any buildings unless instructed to do so by Campus Security Officers or College Evacuation Marshals.
• Keep roads and fire lanes clear for emergency responders
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