Basic Emergency Instructions for Students, Faculty, & Staff

1. Call 911 (dial 9 first if calling from a Cooper phone) if you believe there is a serious emergency.
2. Contact a security desk.
   • Foundation building: x180 (212.353.4180)
   • 41 Cooper Square: x270 (212.353.4270)
   • Residence Hall: x050 (212.353.4050)
3. Stay on the Scene only if you can do so with no risk to yourself. If possible, stay until the arrival of: Fire/Police/Person in Charge (Director of Public Safety or Engineer on Duty).

How to speak to 911

1. Stay calm. Someone's life may depend on it.
2. Give vital information:
   • Your name.
   • The phone number you are calling from.
   • The exact location of the emergency-street address, floor, and room number.
   • State the nature of the emergency.
   • Do not downplay the severity of the emergency.
     Describing an injury as a cut may yield a 45-minute response time by an EMT. Describing an injury as a 'severed finger' may yield a 3-minute response time from a (more highly trained) paramedic.
     Particularly important: chest pain, heavy bleeding, difficulty breathing, unconscious.
3. Follow the dispatcher's directions. Don't hang up until directed to do so.

In the event of a localized emergency, you may be directed to relocate between buildings.

See the emergency protocols links below for further instructions on responding to:

• Active Shooter or Armed Assailant
• Acute Emotional Behavioral
• Bomb Threat
• Catastrophic Emergency
• Fire Safety and Building Evacuations
• Hazardous Material Spills
• Medical Emergencies
• Severe Weather
• Suspicious Packages
• Utility Failure
• Violent, Disruptive or Criminal Behavior

See the campus Pandemic Flu Response Plan