All serious emergencies involving life and fire should be immediately reported to Charleston Country Emergency Response by dialing 9-911. Immediately following that report the emergency must be reported to Public Safety 953-5114.

In the event of an emergency requiring Physical Plant action phone calls should be made to the following numbers:

Physical Plant Emergencies include: fire, electrical shorts, flooding from burst pipes or backed up drainage systems, leaking windows and roofs and those situations when additional damages will result if immediate repairs are not made. Non-emergencies include such events as : plumbing backups that do not result in overflow, plumbing that does not function when other facilities are available, lights that do not work and non functioning air conditioning.

The Safety and Risk Officer should be immediately notified anytime:

1. There has been a fire anywhere on campus that results in an injury to an employee or student, or if the fire required the use of fire fighting equipment (including portable extinguishers) or fire department response to extinguish.
2. An emergency involving any hazardous material occurs.
3. An accident or emergency that has resulted in significant (over $1,000) in property damage has occurred.
4. An accident requiring transport by EMS or when a death has occurred

THE CITADEL
171 Moultrie Street • Charleston, SC 29409 • 843-953-5000

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