Addressing Emergencies at Pitt Public Health

Steps for addressing an emergency incident

Report the incident to University Police at 412-624-2121
Report the incident to the Dean's Office
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration Jen Palaski
412-624-1560 | jdh150@pitt.edu
or
Vice Dean Jeanine Buchanich
412-624-2423 | jeanine@pitt.edu
Working with the School of Public Health Dean's Office to document the incident, complete an incident report with Pitt.
Access reporting form

If you discover smoke or fire

Leave area by exit route
Close doors as you go
Pull the nearest fire alarm
Evacuate away from the building
Call Pitt Police at 412-624-2121 (from a safe area)

Fire extinguishers

Fire extinguishers are secured to the walls on each floor of the building.

Emergency Management Guidelines

A diverse team of Pitt professionals has developed Emergency Management Guidelines to provide a basic procedural framework for responding to any type of emergency at the University's Oakland campus.

View guidelines

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Locations

Floor	Locations
G	Fifth Avenue entrance lobby
1	Outside upper auditorium doors Commons area (De Soto Street entrance)
2	Outside Crabtree elevator Ramps to labs (near central elevators)*
3	Outside Crabtree elevator Outside service elevator
4	Outside Crabtree elevator Ramp to Labs (near central elevators)*
5	Outside Crabtree elevator
6	Outside Crabtree elevator
7	Outside Crabtree elevator

*Lab access only

NotifyU - Building Specific Alerts

An opt-in system that provides School of Public Health building-specific critical information via email, text and/or voice message in the event of an emergency. To subscribe log on to my.pitt.edu, search for and start the NotifyU tool, click Opt-in Lists from the menu of options and then check the box for the School of Public Health Alerts.

These school-specific alerts compliment the University system. Everyone at Pitt is subscribed to receive email alerts from ENS using your pitt.edu email address. You are strongly encouraged to subscribe to receive text and voice message alerts as well. To determine whether a phone number is subscribed to receive text and/or voice alerts or to add more than one phone number, log on to pi.tt/alerts.