Emergency Management

Resources for Faculty

Preparing for emergencies on campus is a shared responsibility among PSU’s administrative units, schools, departments, and individual faculty, staff, and students. This page includes resources for faculty to include: important emergency contact information, steps to take before classes start, and sample emergency procedures syllabus language.

Emergency Contacts and Resources

Immediate Threat or Medical Emergency

Call or Text 9-1-1 

Situation that poses an immediate threat to health, safety, or property (e..g, medical emergency, fire or smoke, violent crime, and active threats).

Campus Safety

Call CPSO  at 503-725-5911 or visit 633 SW Montgomery St

Safety concerns that do not require immediate police, fire, or medical response (e.g., vandalism, on campus disturbance, suspicious person, theft, suspicious package, or access control).  

Emergency Procedures

Learn more on our website or email us at emr-mgmt@pdx.edu.

Mental Health Support

Emergency & Crisis Resources

Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) maintains a list of campus and community resources for students, faculty and staff experiencing a mental health emergency.

Student Concerns 

Make a referral online, by email (askdos@pdx.edu) or in person (UCB, Suite 300)

For after hours response, call CPSO (503-725-5911)

PSU CARES connects students with resources when they are experiencing distress or other concerns that might impact their personal or academic success. Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. 

Emergency Preparedness and Planning

Learn more on our website or email us at emr-mgmt@pdx.edu.

Non emergency questions about emergency procedures, campus emergency plans, personal preparedness or department planning.

Before Classes Start

  1. Determine what emergency information you will include in your class syllabus, such as evacuation routes, assembly location (see below), or resource lists. Suggested text is included at the bottom of this page.
  2. Save CPSO’s number into your mobile phone so it is readily available in an emergency
  3. Sign up for PSUAlert and/or confirm your existing registered number via Banweb (Employees) and myPSU (students)
  4. Be personally prepared for an emergency at home or on campus
    1. Get Informed: Review the PSU Emergency Procedures Guide, Campus Closure Guidance and OAI's Instructional Continuity During Closures.
    2. Make a Plan: With your class, department, friends and family, discuss how to prepare and respond to emergencies where you live, learn, work and play. Don’t forget to practice the plan!
    3. Build a Kit: Work on a personal and department emergency supply kit.
    4. Build Community: 
      • Engage Your Department: Collaborate with colleagues to discuss departmental emergency plans, evacuation routes, and communication methods.
      • Empower Your Students: Share preparedness resources and encourage participation in campus safety initiatives. Creating a dialogue about readiness helps reduce fear and improves response in emergencies.
  5. Consider classroom evacuation.
    1. Visit your classrooms to check the building evacuation maps (posted in most hallways) for routes and building assembly areas.
    2. Know at least two evacuation routes from each of your classrooms
    3. Pick a specific assembly area, near the building’s designated area, for each class
  6. Print hard copies of the class rosters and keep them with your class materials so that you will know if all students are present after an evacuation
  7. Understand what to do and who to call should there be a medical emergency in your classroom

On the First Day of Each Term:

  1. Share campus (PSU Emergency Procedures Guide), Campus Closure Page and regional emergency preparedness resources (City of Portland, Multnomah County, State of Oregon) 
  2. Review #5 above with your students:
    1. Describe at least two evacuation routes from each of your classrooms
    2. Tell your students the specific assembly area, near the building’s designated area, that you have chosen for this class
    3. Point out the emergency procedures poster (if in a general pool classroom)
  3. Practice your evacuation routes by entering and exiting the building using the different routes you identified.

Sample Syllabus Language

In Case of Emergency Call...

Immediate Threat or Medical Emergency

Situation that poses an immediate threat to health, safety, or property (e..g, medical emergency, fire or smoke, violent crime, and active threats).

Call or Text

9-1-1

Campus Safety - Campus Public Safety Office (CPSO) 

Safety concerns that do not require immediate police, fire, or medical response (e.g., vandalism, on campus disturbance, suspicious person, theft, suspicious package, or access control).  

Call 

503-725-5911

Student Concerns - PSU CARES 

Connects students with resources when they are experiencing distress or other concerns that might impact their personal or academic success.

MAKE A REFERRAL

503-725-4422

Email: askdos@pdx.edu

Evacuation Information

  1. If we need to evacuate the building during class, two possible evacuation routes include:  _______________________________
  2. If we need to evacuate the building during class, our designated assembly point is: _______________________________
  3. Be sure your cell phone is set up to receive PSU Alerts text messages: 1) Log into myPSU. 2) Select My Account. 3) Fill in or update your information.

Emergency Preparedness Suggested Resources