Emergencies

Please report all emergencies to the Public Safety Department, located in West Wadsworth Residence Hall. To call Public Safety, dial 123 (on campus) or 487-2216 (off campus).

Campus Emergency Telephones

Sixteen emergency telephones are available to provide immediate assistance for anyone who needs urgent help.

Outdoor Telephones - Twelve telephones are located outdoors, encased in yellow boxes underneath blue lights. They operate constantly and are connected to the Public Safety Department dispatcher who can send an officer to provide needed assistance:

• Intersection of Clark Street and Seventh Avenue
• Near the sidewalk that connects Parking Lot 26 to the U.J. Noblet Forestry driveway
• U.J. Noblet Forestry & Wood Products, near the southeast corner
• People’s Park, near St. Albert the Great University Parish
• Phoenix Drive, near the southeast entrance to Central Stores
• Phoenix Drive, near the northeast entrance to the Minerals & Materials Engineering Building
• Fisher Hall, near the northeast entrance
• Intersection of Cliff Drive and US41, near Parking Lot 10
• McNair Hall, near the northwest corner of Parking Lot 16
• Wadsworth Hall, near the loading dock entrance at the south side of the building
• Intersection of Division and Woodmar Drive, in Daniell Heights
• Middle Upper Daniell Heights, on the side of the maintenance/storage building

To operate the outdoor telephones

• Open the door of the yellow box
• Push the red button on the panel inside

Indoor Telephones - Four emergency telephones are located inside the following buildings on campus:

• Administration and Student Services building (northeast vestibule)
• J.R. Van Pelt Library (northwest vestibule)
• Walker Arts and Humanities Center (southwest vestibule)
• Wadsworth Hall (northwest entrance near Public Safety)

To operate the indoor telephones

• Dial 123

Medical Services

If you need medical attention while you are at work, report (or have someone report) to your supervisor before leaving. Most job-related medical treatment will be handled by the University's medical group (currently Portage Physician Group in Houghton or Portage Health System in Hancock).

• Portage Physician Group (Houghton) 487-8060
  
• Mercy Ambulance 482-0911
  
• Poison Control Center 800/562-9781
  
• Portage Health System (hospital in Hancock) 487-8000
  
• Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center (hospital in Laurium) 337-3100

Personal Emergency Contacts

Every employee is asked to keep a list of emergency contact people in their personnel file. In the event of an emergency, call Human Resources so that they can notify the appropriate emergency contact people. Please keep your own file current.

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