Emergency Contacts
Immediate Emergency Numbers
- 911 from either a campus telephone or any public telephone.
- From a cell phone, call 642-3333 to reach the UC Berkeley Police.
- From a cell phone, call 981-5911 to reach the City of Berkeley Police.
UC Berkeley People Locator System
During and after an emergency that affects the UC Berkeley campus, there will be an immediate need to collect and disseminate information about individuals' status, location and welfare. The experiences of the Southeast Asia Tsunami (2004) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) demonstrated the need for official tools to fill the communication gap. UC Berkeley has created a central, official site that provides authenticated communication between UC officials, students/faculty/staff, and campus community members' families for use in an emergency. This web-based tool, hosted at the UCLA campus, should function in the aftermath of a major Bay Area earthquake, when local communications tools are incapacitated or overwhelmed. Frequently asked questions - FAQ -on the People Locator (37kb) is available as a pdf document. For a video demonstration of the People Locator and information for Information Systems professional interested in the technical aspects of the program, see the Front Page Wiki.
About the UC Berkeley People Locator
The UC Berkeley People Locator is a web-based contact system to provide information to members of the UC Berkeley community and to their families and friends in the event of an emergency affecting the campus. The tool is found at: https://peoplelocator.berkeley.edu
You can search for information about UC Berkeley students, faculty or staff by name or by the e-mail address used by that person at UC Berkeley. You can also leave a message for or about a member of the UC Berkeley community; all messages will be viewable by any member of the public using the People Locator.
The People Locator website is owned by UC Berkeley but is available to the general public. Any information entered into this site about the status of a UC Berkeley community member after a disaster is available to the general public so that they may determine the welfare of the community member. Information collected on this website is entered by a person affected by a disaster or by someone who knows that person; as such, UC Berkeley makes no representation of any kind as to the accuracy of the information and is not responsible if information entered into the People Locator website is inaccurate. The full text of Privacy Policy for the People Locator website can be found at https://peoplelocator.berkeley.edu/privacy.html.
The PeopleLocator uses a remotely hosted web server, database, CalNet authentication and LDAP directory services to identify and authenticate members of the UC Berkeley community. Campus officials can access the PeopleLocator system to coordinate the campus response and recovery effort. The PeopleLocator serves as an electronic message board for each campus affiliate, and is available before, during and after a major emergency. Individuals may delete information on their accounts at any time, and the campus can clear all accounts so that test messages and non-critical information is cleared from the database for optimal performance.
The PeopleLocator will be a helpful resource as we begin to implement business resumption or in the event that students disperse because of an infectious disease pandemic threat. The PeopleLocator will help the campus maintain contact with staff, to determine when staff can return to work and contribute to the reopening of the campus. It will also help to identify those staff members that need assistance. The tool can support deans and department chairs as they identify which instructors will be available to teach and which courses can be offered.
The People Locator application should be included in family and department-based emergency preparedness plans, in order to ensure that consistent and up-to-date information is available in one convenient location. Additional information about emergencies at UC Berkeley is available on the campus home page at www.berkeley.edu or on the UC Berkeley Emergency website at emergency.berkeley.edu.
Campus Emergency Information
During a major emergency, campus information may be found at:
- Telephone:1-800-705-9998
- On the Web: http://emergency.berkeley.edu
- On the radio: KALX Radio Station (UC Berkeley) 90.7 FM
- UC Utility Hotline(PP-CS) 1-800-979-9995
Non-emergency Numbers
- University Police 642-6760
- Environment, Health & Safety 642-3073
- Physical Plant - Campus Services 642-1032
Medical Facilities Tang Center Clinic, 2222 Bancroft Way
- 642-2000 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday - Saturday (Monday - Friday during the summer)
- Tang Center Urgent Care 642-3188 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Monday - Saturday (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday, during the summer)
- Alta Bates Medical Center, 2450 Ashby Avenue 204-1303 Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Non-campus Emergency Information
Emergency Notification Procedures
When you call 9-1-1 (or any other emergency number) from a campus location to request emergency assistance, you will be connected to the University Police Dispatch Center. Call from a safe location and remember to:
- Stay calm.
- Be prepared to answer the following questions:
- Where is the emergency located?
- What is the emergency? (fire, medical, hazardous material, etc.)
- How did it happen?
- When did it happen?
- Who are you? (your name)
- Gather any other information that may be useful for the emergency responders (e.g. are there any injuries involved?)
- Do not hang up until instructed to do so by the dispatcher.
You do not need to know all the answers to these questions, but quickly gather as much information as you can. Give a telephone number or safe location where the emergency responders can call or meet you, and wait for the responders at that safe location.
