Breadcrumb Home About Emergencies Incidents A-Z Shelter in Place Shelter in Place Alert If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately. Bruin Safe OnlineUCLA Campus StatusPrepare Preparation Steps Situations that may require you to shelter in place include but are not limited to: active shooter, chemical hazard or radiological hazardIdentify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windowsIt is ideal to have a hard-wired telephone in the room you selectMake sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/daysChoosing a room/lab to shelter in place:Select a small, interior room with no or few windowsChoose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completelyReview Shelter in Place procedures published by UCLA Office of Emergency Management. Respond Response Steps For any chemical/biological hazard: Turn off all fans, heating and air conditioning systemsBe prepared to improvise and use what you have on hand to seal gaps so that you create a barrier between yourself and any contaminationIdentify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windowsMake sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/daysChoosing a room/lab to shelter in place:Select a small, interior room, with no or few windowsChoose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completelyStay inside the room until you have received an “all clear” via BruinAlert (check Bruins Safe Online)For additional information, see Threats. Need to see all emergency incidents?See all emergency incidentsKey ContactsUC Police Department (UCPD) & UCLA Fire:9-1-1Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S):(310) 825-9797Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM):(310) 825-2200Facilities Management (FM):(310) 825-9236
Alert If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately. Bruin Safe OnlineUCLA Campus StatusPrepare Preparation Steps Situations that may require you to shelter in place include but are not limited to: active shooter, chemical hazard or radiological hazardIdentify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windowsIt is ideal to have a hard-wired telephone in the room you selectMake sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/daysChoosing a room/lab to shelter in place:Select a small, interior room with no or few windowsChoose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completelyReview Shelter in Place procedures published by UCLA Office of Emergency Management. Respond Response Steps For any chemical/biological hazard: Turn off all fans, heating and air conditioning systemsBe prepared to improvise and use what you have on hand to seal gaps so that you create a barrier between yourself and any contaminationIdentify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windowsMake sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/daysChoosing a room/lab to shelter in place:Select a small, interior room, with no or few windowsChoose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completelyStay inside the room until you have received an “all clear” via BruinAlert (check Bruins Safe Online)For additional information, see Threats. Need to see all emergency incidents?See all emergency incidentsKey ContactsUC Police Department (UCPD) & UCLA Fire:9-1-1Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S):(310) 825-9797Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM):(310) 825-2200Facilities Management (FM):(310) 825-9236
