Shelter in Place
UC Police Department (UCPD) & UCLA Fire:
9-1-1
Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S):
(310) 825-9797
Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM):
(310) 825-2200
(310) 267-7100
(310) 825-9236
Alert
If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately.
Bruin Safe Online
UCLA Campus StatusPrepare
- Situations that may require you to shelter in place include but are not limited to: active shooter, chemical hazard or radiological hazard
- Identify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windows
- It is ideal to have a hard-wired telephone in the room you select
- Make sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/days
- Choosing a room/lab to shelter in place:
- Select a small, interior room with no or few windows
- Choose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completely
- Review Shelter in Place procedures published by UCLA Office of Emergency Management.
Respond
- For any chemical/biological hazard:
- Turn off all fans, heating and air conditioning systems
- Be prepared to improvise and use what you have on hand to seal gaps so that you create a barrier between yourself and any contamination
- Identify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windows
- Make sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/days
- Choosing a room/lab to shelter in place:
- Select a small, interior room, with no or few windows
- Choose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completely
- Stay inside the room until you have received an “all clear” via BruinAlert (check Bruins Safe Online)
- For additional information, see Threats.