Gas, Water or Power Service Failures

Primary Response

• Dial “80” for Safety and Security

Response Guidelines

• When natural gas supplies fail many devices that were lit and operating before the failure may still have a gas flow. This could cause an explosive atmosphere. Campus Facilities & Sustainability or residence maintenance staff and Enbridge Gas will be contacted by Safety and Security Operations to ensure all necessary valves are shut off
  
• It is the responsibility of the department head or supervisor of areas requiring the use of gas-fired appliances to develop procedures and assign authority to specific staff members to supervise the operation of all gas-fire appliances
  
• Water supply failure can cause minor inconveniences from inoperable sinks and washrooms to the shut-down or burn-out of water-cooled equipment, service interruption to main telephone/security alarm control rooms, to the loss of water needed for fire protection systems
  
• Drinking water on campus can be contaminated by internal/external connection or by deliberate tampering, for example. You may be advised by security to not drink the water until further notice
  

Power Failure

Primary Response

• Dial “80” for Safety and Security
• Leave the building

Response Guidelines

• Certain essential university services, such as emergency lighting, some telephones, and the fire alarm systems will continue to function during a power failure, but lighting will be minimal and is designed only for providing illuminated exits
• During a power outage, evacuate as you would during a fire emergency. If you are a faculty member or an instructor, guide your students out of class, reminding them to take their belongings, as the power may not come back on during your scheduled class period. Emergency lighting will engage for only thirty minutes; after that the building will be dark

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