Breadcrumb Home About Plan Your Visit Incidents A-Z Threats 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 Status Prepare Preparation steps Situations that may require you to shelter in place include but are not limited to: active shooter, chemical hazard or radiological hazard Identify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windows It is ideal to have a hard-wired telephone in the room you select Make sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/days Choosing a room/lab to shelter in place: Select a small, interior room with no or few windows Choose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completely Review 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 systems Be prepared to improvise and use what you have on hand to seal gaps so that you create a barrier between yourself and any contamination Identify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windows Make sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/days Choosing a room/lab to shelter in place: Select a small, interior room, with no or few windows Choose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completely Stay 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 incidents
Alert If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately. Bruin Safe OnlineUCLA Campus Status Prepare Preparation steps Situations that may require you to shelter in place include but are not limited to: active shooter, chemical hazard or radiological hazard Identify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windows It is ideal to have a hard-wired telephone in the room you select Make sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/days Choosing a room/lab to shelter in place: Select a small, interior room with no or few windows Choose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completely Review 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 systems Be prepared to improvise and use what you have on hand to seal gaps so that you create a barrier between yourself and any contamination Identify a location where the door locks, opens inward and has furniture to barricade the door, preferably with little to no windows Make sure your shelter-in-place location(s) are equipped with extra food, water and medication in case the shelter-in-place lasts several hours/days Choosing a room/lab to shelter in place: Select a small, interior room, with no or few windows Choose a room in which exterior doors and windows close completely Stay 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 incidents
