Emergency Information

Emergency Contacts

Call 911 for any situation that requires IMMEDIATE police, fire, or medical response.

Witnesses and victims of a campus crime or emergency, as well as anyone who is suspicious of people or situations on campus, are urged to contact campus security at 4911 from a campus phone or 540) 432-4911 from an off-campus phone.

In the residence halls, a residence director is on call 24 hours a day to respond to emergencies or incidents which occur on campus. The director can be reached at 476-4578.

Each residence hall room is equipped with a campus telephone line (residents provide their own telephones), and a phone is also located at the main entrance of each residence hall. Incidents can also be reported in person at the physical plant office or the student life office in University Commons. (See map.)

Critical Information Alert

Go to www.emu.edu/emergency for up-to-the minute information on events unfolding at EMU.

Crisis Communication

Following the shooting tragedies at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University and other incidents of human and natural disaster, parents rightly ask, How will my student be informed if there is a crisis on campus?

EMU’s Crisis Management Preparedness Team has joined colleges across the country in assessing crisis communication protocol. This has included reviewing dozens of offers by vendors for electronic and other means of communication. Go to www.emu.edu/crisis/communication for more info