Bring emergency supplies to campus
Staff and students: In the case of a large-scale emergency on campus that prevented everybody from going home, do you have emergency supplies on hand to last one to three days? These items will help everybody to better make it through an emergency like a large earthquake, etc., and we are asking everybody to please keep these items on hand in your dorm room, apartment, house or office:
- Flashlight and batteries
- Space blanket
- Gallon of water
- Trail mix/granola bars/nuts/dried fruit
- Rain poncho
- Two- to three-day supply of necessary medication
- Roll of TP
- Kleenex/sanitary supplies
- Book, needlepoint, knitting, Sudoku/puzzle book, magazines, etc. to occupy time if residence hall/apartment/office closed due to damage
- Hand sanitizer
- Notepad/pencil
Most of these items will fit in one- to two-gallon-sized Ziploc bags and can be kept in a desk drawer or closet. Security has also been posting other items to add to an emergency kit on our Facebook page and will add to that list in the weeks to come. The above items would help during a “shelter in place” emergency should there be no electricity, heat, or running water on campus.
While our hope is that these will never be needed, having them on hand will make living through a large emergency much easier.
Questions? Please contact security at 503-554-2090.