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Emergency Procedures

Immediate Life Threatening Emergencies

In case of an emergency of immediate threat to life, such as bomb, fire, or medical emergency, do the following:

  1. Make the area safe IF POSSIBLE otherwise leave immediately. For example: if power loss, disconnect power source and tag it if time permits. For a small flood, evacuate immediate area.
  2. Dial ext 56666 from an UNSW internal phone, or dial (02) 9385 6666 from an external phone.
  3. Send a broadcast page by either:
    • calling (02) 9385 9666 or (02) 9430 6878, and tell them you want to send a broadcast page, or
    • email 514994.solar@e2m.hutch.com.au; type in the content of the broadcast page and send the email
  4. Take appropriate actions according to UNSW emergency procedures.

Non - Life Threatening Emergencies

If the emergency is not of immediate threat to life, for example a small flood, or loss of power, do the following:

  1. Make the area safe. For example: for loss of power, disconnect power source and tag it. For a small flood, evacuate immediate area.
  2. Report to the Lab Development and Operation Team via pager:
    • call (02) 9385 9666 or (02) 9430 6878 and tell them you want to send a page to the Lab Development group; or
    • send an email to 245286.solar@e2m.hutch.com.au
  3. Report the problem to the Repair Book or New Project Book both located in G13 if necessary.

NOTE:

  1. If in doubt, treat the emergency as life threatening.
  2. Any emergencies that need to be reported to either the UNSW OHS and Works Compensation Unit and/or Work Cover will be organised by the Laboratory Development and Operations Team with the appropriate parties. Click here for link to UNSW OHS and Works Compensation Unit forms.

For further information on emergency situations at UNSW, please refer to the UNSW Emergency Management Unit

 

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