Emergency Response
Emergency Response
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S.L.O.W. can help you decide: STOP • LISTEN for danger • OBSERVE where Hold On danger or risk is comingDrop, from • Cover, WATCH for TrojansAlert messages • DROP: avoid falling objects and tall furnishings or windows and drop to the floor NO YES • COVER: get under a sturdy table and cover the back of your head and neck with your arms • HOLD ON: to the table in case it moves
Stay Informed with TrojansAlert Run, Hide, Fight” Protocol
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Follow “Run, Hide, Fight” Protocol
• TrojansAlert updates: follow prompts, • RUN: escape the area of danger including, • HIDE: (also known as “Shelter in Place”) ape the area of danger “Stay away from area” or • Sound the alarm or yellif“Fire!” “Shelter in in Place”) Place” escape is not an option o known as “Shelter • Call DPS: UPC (213) 740-4321, HSC (323) 442-1000 • Continuously listen and observe your • lock/barricade doors is not an option • Evacuate the building using stairs, notand elevator surroundings • close blinds windows arricade doors • Be prepared to “Shelter in Place” or • turn off the lights linds and windows the lights “Run, Hide, Fight” if your observations or MEDICAL • silence phones, including vibrations/lights TrojansAlert indicate that you are in the • take shelter phones, including vibrations/lights EMERGENCY vicinity of immediate danger • FIGHT: if cornered, band together to attack elter • Call DPS: UPC (213) 740-4321, HSC (323) 442-1000 and immobilize the shooter using physical cornered, band together to attack • Doand not move victim unless there is immediate See definitions of both “Shelter in Place” aggression and improvised weapons bilize the shooter using physical danger of further injury “Run, Hide, Fight” in next column n and improvised weapons
POWER OUTAGE
When law enforcement arrives... • Help others move to safety
Remain calm and follow instructions • Put down any items your hands and spread fingers • Keep hands visible • Do not useinelevators but• Raise checkhands if anyone is at all times • Avoid quick movements towards officers • Do not stop to ask officers for help or direction when evacuating trapped inside nds and spread fingers • Keep hands visible • Shut down any lab equipment that could be or help or direction when evacuating
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Emergency Response
ISSUED: SEPTEMBER 2025
Call DPS
To report any emergency, call the USC Dept. of Public Safety. Add these numbers to your mobile phone.
UPC (213) 740-4321 HSC (323) 442-1000 EARTHQUAKE
Drop, Cover, Hold On • DROP: avoid falling objects and tall furnishings or windows and drop to the floor • COVER: get under a sturdy table and cover the back of your head and neck with your arms • HOLD ON: to the table in case it moves
FIRE • Sound the alarm or yell “Fire!” • Call DPS: UPC (213) 740-4321, HSC (323) 442-1000 • Evacuate the building using stairs, not elevator
MEDICAL EMERGENCY • Call DPS: UPC (213) 740-4321, HSC (323) 442-1000 • Do not move victim unless there is immediate danger of further injury
POWER OUTAGE • Help others move to safety • Do not use elevators but check if anyone is trapped inside • Shut down any lab equipment that could be hazardous