Emergency Response Guide

Emergency Response Guide

General Emergency Procedures

• Call 911 from a campus phone or 301-405-3333 from a cell phone

Medical Emergency: Immediate Procedures

Call for Emergency Response

• 9-1-1 or 301.405.3333.
• Initiate lifesaving measures if required and if trained.
• Do not move injured person unless there is danger of further harm.

Major Incident: Immediate Procedures

Fire, Major Chemical, Biological or Radiation Spill

• Evacuate the area.
• Call for Emergency Response: 9-1-1 or 301.405.3333.
• Attend to injured or contaminated persons and remove them from exposure if you can do so safely.
• Close doors to affected area.
• Do not enter an unknown environment.
• Have person knowledgeable of incident and laboratory remain available to provide information to emergency personnel.

UMD Police Emergency

The University of Maryland Police Department (UMPD) operates a full service 911 Emergency Communications Center. All campus emergencies should be reported through UMPD. To reach UMPD

• Call 9-1-1 from any campus phone.
• Calling 301.405.3333 from cellular phones assures a direct connection to the University of Maryland Police Department.
• Calling 9-1-1 from cellular phone will result in connection to Prince George’s County Police Department. This could delay response.

Fire Emergency Response

A fire emergency exists whenever there is the presence of smoke or the odor of burning, when there is an uncontrolled fire or imminent fire hazard in the building or surrounding area, when there is a spontaneous or abnormal heating of any material, or when the building evacuation alarm is sounding.

Clothing or Person on Fire

Stop, Drop, Roll

• Roll person around on floor to smother flames.
• Only drench with water if safety shower is immediately available.
• Obtain medical attention. Call 9-1-1 or 301.405.3333.

Fire Emergency Procedure

• Shut off all equipment and stabilize laboratory experiments if safe to do so.
• Activate the building fire alarm if it is not already sounding.
• Leave the building. Use marked exits. Do not use elevators.
• Call the Fire Department from a safe place.
• Dial 9-1-1 or 301.405.3333 or use campus emergency phones located throughout campus

Only use a fire extinguisher if the fire is very small and you know how to do it safely. If you can’t put out the fire, leave immediately and make sure the fire department is called. Total and immediate evacuation is safest. If you are not able to evacuate, get as far away from the fire as possible. Call 9-1-1 or 301.405.3333 to tell them your location.

All fires, including extinguished fires, must be reported to the fire department.

Sandbox Makerspace Specific Information

Location(s) of FIRE EXTINGUISHER:

Two fire extinguishers are located immediately inside the entry and exit doors outside rooms 1245 and 1223 (Staff Office and Prototyping Studio)

Location(s) of FIRE EXTINGUISHER in building hallway:

Two additional fire extinguishers are located next to the stairway doors (outside classroom 1207)

Location of TELEPHONE:

A campus telephone is located near the first-aid kit and sign-in station

Location(s) of EXIT DOOR/STAIRWELL:

The preferred exit stairwell is the south stairwell (see solid green line on map.)

Location(s) of FIRE ALARM PULL STATION:

Fire alarm pull stations are located next to stairwell doors.

Location of nearest SAFETY SHOWER/EYEWASH:

Eyewash station is located in Electronics Studio (rm 1246)

Location of Assembly Area (outside the building after evacuation):

The assembly area is located at teh north end of hacker green near the 4 benches. If additional distance is needed the alternate assembly area is in the grassy center island of parking lot GG1.