Safety on Campus

Call 911 for any emergency

The Purdue University community is one of the safest in the Big Ten. Purdue makes every effort to provide a safe environment, and yet a college campus reflects society, where crimes do occur. Student awareness and common sense help to prevent crime or injury. Assistance is readily available if your student is concerned about their safety.

Here’s what you need to know:

• Purdue University Fire Department provides high level pre-hospital care if your student has a medical issue while on campus. Advanced life support ambulance service is provided to one of two local hospitals at no charge to the student. • Purdue Police Department officers are highly trained, sworn law enforcement officers of the state of Indiana. They are on duty 24/7 to prevent crime and provide support to your student when needed. If an emergency should occur on campus, your student will be notified by text (they must sign up), by email, outdoor warning sirens, desktop popup alert, digital signs, via television and radio alerts, and by “beacons” located in the largest classrooms. A minimum of two tests are conducted annually, to be sure that the Purdue community is prepared for emergencies. Each building has a building emergency plan that identifies the “shelter in place” and evacuation locations should an emergency occur. Faculty members are asked to review these locations with their students each semester. For more preparedness tips and tools, go to the Emergency Preparedness website (purdue.edu/ehps/emergency_ preparedness). To reach Purdue Public Safety dispatch, your student can push the button on one of the nearly 300 campus emergency telephones, or by texting or dialing 911 (calling is preferred). Your student can engage with our Purdue Police Department by applying to work as a member of the Purdue University Student Security Patrol. In addition to patrolling campus in radio contact with PUPD, PSSP members provide the campus Safewalk service at (765) 494-SAFE. purdue.edu/ehps/ police/about/studentpatrol.html Student workers trained in CPR and first aid assist at home football games and other campus events as a part of the Purdue University Fire Department. Contact PUFD to learn more (765) 494-6919. When students and faculty are in the lab, they’re well trained. To complement the on-site guidance professors provide, Radiological and Environmental Management makes standardized safety training available to students online (purdue.edu/ehps/rem).