Reporting Emergencies
REPORTING EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY NUMBERS:
- Pay Phone 9-1-1
- Campus Phones 9-9-1-1
- Cellular Phones (408) 299-2311
ANY LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY, SUCH AS:
- CHEST PAINS
- RESPIRATORY DISTRESS OR CESSATION OF BREATHING (NOT BREATHING)
- CARDIAC ARREST (NO PULSE)
- DROWNING OR NEAR-DROWNING
- SHOCK
- BURNS
- UNCONTROLLED BLEEDING
- UNCONSCIOUSNESS
- CHOKING
- POISONING
- OVERDOSE
- SUSPECTED FRACTURE OF BACK, NECK, OR SPINE OR MULTIPLE FRACTURES
ANY FIRE
CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RELEASE WHERE THERE IS A SUSPECTED HIGH
POTENTIAL TO INJURE SOMEONE OR CAUSE A FIRE
CRIME OR VIOLENT INCIDENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL CRISIS, CIVIL DISTURBANCE
TELEPHONE FAILURE
To report an emergency incident when school
phones are not working, do the following:
- Use public pay or cellular phone. If they do not work,
- WVC personnel should send a "runner" to the Campus Police office adjacent to the Viking Den OR the Student Services Office OR the President's Office where alternate communications options are available.
- If the telephone failure occurs after regular business hours and neither pay or cellular phone is available, WVC personnel should send a runner to the Campus Center and contact either a Campus Service Officer at the District Police Office or Night Faculty Supervisor at the information desk.
REPORTING SERIOUS BUT NOT LIFE-THREATENING INCIDENTS OR EVENTS:
Non-emergency police business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x2092 (408 741-2092)
Non-life threatening medical injuries or illness
- during school hours call the campus health center at x4000 (408 741-4000)
- after school hours call (408) 299-2311
Utility Failure
- during school hours call the Facilities Office at x4121 (408 741-4121)
- after school hours call (408) 299-2311
Any incident with potential for adverse publicity to the college
- call President's Office, x2097 (408 741-2097)
- after school hours call (408) 593-2086
