911 Procedures
Is it an emergency?
Err on the side of caution. If it feels like an emergency call 911 or Campus Security.
What information does 911 need?
When dialling 911, you will need to provide the following information.
- Nature of emergency
- Location:
- Building name
- Building address
- Phone number
- Room number
- Do NOT hang up as additional information may be needed
- Contact Campus Security at 250-807-8111 to provided details
- Campus Security will attend to support and guide first responders to your location
- Make yourself known to arriving emergency services or Campus Security staff.
When to call 911
- An event that involves an immediate threat to a person or property (e.g. bomb threat, attack, gunshot, fire, car accident, major hazmat)
- Medical emergency (e.g. fall, head trauma, severe burn, uncontrollable bleeding, persistent or sudden chest pain, breathing emergency, severely altered level of consciousness)
- A serious crime that is in progress or that has just occurred (e.g. sexual assault, robbery, fight, break and enter (if there is a suspect on scene) or a report of an impaired driver)