UPennAlert

9-1-1 Outage in PA – Continue to Call PennComm for any police, fire, or medical emergency in the Penn Patrol Zone

UPennAlert: There is a reported sporadic outage of 9-1-1 services throughout the state of Pennsylvania.

Our PennComm Emergency Communications Center is not impacted by this outage. Please continue to call 215-573-3333 for any police, fire or medical emergency within the Penn Patrol zone.

For reporting emergencies outside of our patrol zone, the Philadelphia 9-1-1 system is currently experiencing dropped calls. If you need to call 9-1-1, they are asking callers to call non-emergency lines for their local support districts if needed. Visit Phillypolice.com for a list of district phone numbers.

Also, Penn Police officers will be deployed in high-visibility locations to serve the community. If you need emergency services, please approach an officer for immediate help.

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The Division of Public Safety will continue to ensure the highest level of safety and security for our community.

Please be sure to use the Walking Escorts and Riding Escorts available to you free of charge.

Additionally, if you have not done so, please take a moment to sign up for the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System as well as the Penn Guardian System which can help Police better find your location in an emergency.

UPennAlert Registration: Visit: www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upennalert for information on how to register.

Penn Guardian: Visit: https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/safety-initiatives/pennguardian/ for information on the PennGuardian system.

Contact Information:

Special Services: 215/898-6600

Escort Services: Walking 215/898-WALK (9255)

Penn Transit Ride Service 215/898-RIDE (7433)

General Information: 215/898-7297

The Division of Public Safety will continue to ensure the highest level of safety and security for our community.

Emergencies 215-573-3333 / 511 (campus phone)
General Information 215-898-7297
Special Services 215-898-4481 (215-898-6600 off-hours)
HELP Line 215-898-HELP (4357)
DPS Headquarters 4040 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Walking Escort 215-898-WALK (9255)
Penn Transit Ride 215-898-RIDE (7433)
09/06/2017

Sprinklers Save Lives! Attend our side-by-side burn demonstration and safety fair!

The Division of Public Safety at Penn is excited to sponsor a Fire Prevention Week safety and emergency preparedness event to welcome in the 2017 – 2018 academic year.  We are partnering with the Philadelphia Fire Department, the National Fire Sprinkler Association and Perelman Quadrangle at Penn to conduct an event that is interesting and informative.  A number of agencies from the federal, state, local and private realms will be on hand to staff resource table to explain the many programs they have in place to keep the public safe, secure and emergency prepared.  A side by side burn of dormitory-type rooms will be ignited, demonstrating how fire burns quickly with ferocious results in a room without sprinkler technology, and how sprinklers can control a fire in its incipient stage in a second room.  The contrast of fire damage between the room with sprinkler technology and the room without sprinkler technology is quite dramatic.  This demonstration will leave a lasting impression of the benefits of the installation of sprinklers in industrial, commercial and residential settings. 

Friday, September 29th, at Hamilton Green (intersection of Locust Walk and 40th Street), from 10am to 12pm.

Sprinklers save lives 2017