Fume Hood Failure

 

Important Contacts

Key Contacts

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

DGSOM Security:                                                        (310) 267-7100 

Facilities Management (FM):                                      (310) 825-9236

If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately.

Prepare 
  • Ensure laboratory contacts for emergencies are up to date.

 

Respond 
  • Fire 
    • Close the fume hood sash if the fire is in the fume hood
  • Ventilation failure 
    • Cease all operations that create hazardous fumes, gases or vapors 
    • Stop chemical reactions and de-energize electrical equipment
    • Close fume hood sash
    • Notify all lab personnel
    • Report the ventilation failure to PI and post a note on the fume hood
    • Contact Facilities Management (FM) for repairs as soon as possible
    • Do not attempt to restart any ventilation equipment or reset the chemical fume hood.

 

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