Electrical Power Failure: Evacuate darkened areas with caution. Call Security at 201-2371, then call Sioux Falls Police Department at 911 if advised to do so. Report the location and hazards of machinery or operations that were interrupted. Elevator Failure: Report elevator failures at 201-2371 - Security. If outside the elevator, try to communicate to trapped elevator occupants that help is on the way. If trapped inside the elevator, use the elevator phone to request help, or activate the emergency alarm within the elevator. (The elevator phone has no dial tone so do not hang up after picking up receiver.) Flooding/Plumbing Failure: Do not touch any electrical appliances. Call Security at 201-2371. If it is safe to do so, lift valuable items above the reach of the water. Steam Line Failure: Leave the immediate area. Call 201-2371 - Security. Ventilation Problem (odors): Call Security at 201-2371. Then call Sioux Falls Police Department at 367-7000 or Siouxland Health and Human Services at 367-8760. Violence or Crime on Campus Actions to Take If you are the victim of, or witness to, any crime or act of violence on campus: Notify Sioux Falls Police Department immediately, using 911 (by phone, cell phone or pay phone), an Emergency Call Box, a campus emergency phone or an elevator emergency phone/intercom; in a dire emergency, use a fire alarm pull station. Be prepared to give the police dispatcher as much information as possible, including: 1. Nature of incident; 2. Location of incident/Description of person(s) involved; 3. Location or direction of travel of person(s) and/or vehicles involved; 4. Any obvious injuries to the victim or object; 5. Type of weapon (knife, pistol, rifle, shotgun, club, chain), if used; 6. Your name, location, department and extension number. Additional Information/Follow-up Activities Do not take unnecessary chances or put yourself at risk. Never argue with or attack a person committing a crime. Try to get a good description of the criminal if you can do so without putting yourself at risk, and write it down.
Electrical Power Failure: Evacuate darkened areas with caution. Call Security at 201-2371, then call Sioux Falls Police Department at 911 if advised to do so. Report the location and hazards of machinery or operations that were interrupted. Elevator Failure: Report elevator failures at 201-2371 - Security. If outside the elevator, try to communicate to trapped elevator occupants that help is on the way. If trapped inside the elevator, use the elevator phone to request help, or activate the emergency alarm within the elevator. (The elevator phone has no dial tone so do not hang up after picking up receiver.) Flooding/Plumbing Failure: Do not touch any electrical appliances. Call Security at 201-2371. If it is safe to do so, lift valuable items above the reach of the water. Steam Line Failure: Leave the immediate area. Call 201-2371 - Security. Ventilation Problem (odors): Call Security at 201-2371. Then call Sioux Falls Police Department at 367-7000 or Siouxland Health and Human Services at 367-8760. Violence or Crime on Campus Actions to Take If you are the victim of, or witness to, any crime or act of violence on campus: Notify Sioux Falls Police Department immediately, using 911 (by phone, cell phone or pay phone), an Emergency Call Box, a campus emergency phone or an elevator emergency phone/intercom; in a dire emergency, use a fire alarm pull station. Be prepared to give the police dispatcher as much information as possible, including: 1. Nature of incident; 2. Location of incident/Description of person(s) involved; 3. Location or direction of travel of person(s) and/or vehicles involved; 4. Any obvious injuries to the victim or object; 5. Type of weapon (knife, pistol, rifle, shotgun, club, chain), if used; 6. Your name, location, department and extension number. Additional Information/Follow-up Activities Do not take unnecessary chances or put yourself at risk. Never argue with or attack a person committing a crime. Try to get a good description of the criminal if you can do so without putting yourself at risk, and write it down.
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