Emergency Procedures


Emergency Conditions Response
VISIBLE FLAMES in BUILDING 1. Try to extinguish if small
2. Help anyone in the magnet room to get out
3. Try to PRESS RED TRIANGLE BUTTON (on the keyboard or bore entry to magnet) to kill ac power
4. LEAVE BUILDING
5. CALL 911 on campus phone (note, there is a campus phone immediately outside the East door)
SMOKE in BUILDING 1. PRESS RED TRIANGLE BUTTON (on the keyboard or bore entry to magnet)
2. Help anyone in the magnet room to get out
3. LEAVE BUILDING
4. CALL 911 on campus phone (note, there is a campus phone immediately outside the East door)
LIFE THREATENING HUMAN INJURY in MAGNET due to CRUSHING Or IMPALING METAL 1. PRESS RUN DOWN BUTTON (on the small wall mounted box on wall adjacent to front end of magnet) to quench magnetic field at cost of $25k.
2. CALL 911 on campus phone
3. Try to help injured person without adding to injuries while waiting for EMT.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY 1. Try to ASSIST VICTIM
2. CALL 911 on campus phone (note, there is a campus phone immediately outside the East door)
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE 1. Help anyone in magnet room to get out of the building if they are not severely injured
2. CALL CAMPUS 911 if anyone is INJURED (note, there is a campus phone immediately outside the East door)
VIOLENT PERSON 1. CALL CAMPUS 911 (note, there is a campus phone immediately outside the East door)
LOOSE ANIMAL 1. CLOSE DOORS to ISOLATE
2. CALL 911 if no one can catch animal safety
QUENCH 1. Help anyone in the magnet room to get out of room.(note that room might quickly fill with Helium gas which could displace most of the oxygen and cloud the room with a very cold thick cloud of fog. Be sure to open the door to try to let out some of the helium and to let in fresh air.
2. CALL 911 and GECARE

EMERGENCY SOUNDERS RESPONSE
HALLWAY FIRE ALARM 1. CLEAR the Building
OXYGEN SOUNDER 1. OPEN magnet room door
2. Use emergency O2 tank for emergency breathing in room
3. HELP anyone in the magnet room to get out of the magnet room but be aware of possible low O2 level in the room.
4. CALL CAMPUS 911 to notify


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