Bomb threat safety instructions

Stanford University Departments of Public Safety, and Environmental Health & Safety

Take all bomb threats seriously

• Call 9-911 immediately
• Notify your Supervisor
• Notify other building occupants

Public Safety Officers will be dispatched to your location. Follow their instructions precisely. You may be evacuated from your work area, your floor, or from the building.

If there is a building evacuation, take your belongings and go directly to the Emergency Assembly Point (EAP*).

Be patient and wait for further instructions.

If you receive a telephoned bomb threat
Try to stay calm. Listen carefully to get information from the caller, such as

• The caller's gender, age, unique speech attributes and any background noises that might be clues to the caller's location
• Clues about where the device is, when it is set to go off, what it looks like, why it was placed

If the threat message was delivered
Describe the messenger or any other suspicious persons in the area to the 9-911 Operator.

If you receive a suspicious package in the mail, or observe an abandoned box, backpack, etc.
Move away from the area and advise others nearby to do the same. Report situation details to the 9-911 Operator.

For more information contact either

Department of Public Safety — Special Services, 725-2140
Environmental Health & Safety — Emergency Preparedness, 725-1409

(*) Know where your EAP is before an emergency occurs. EAP locations for all campus buildings are found at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/