DRI Emergency Information

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LAS VEGAS CAMPUS

To report a crime or any emergency involving life, property or health. CALL 911

  1. Give the dispatcher your name and say you are calling from the DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE from the appropriate location listed below:
  2. Southern Nevada Science Center: Frank H. Rogers Science and Technology Building:
    755 E. Flamingo Road Bldg. C at 755 E. Flamingo Road
  3. The dispatcher will ask you questions about the nature of the emergency as well as your location in the building in order to direct emergency responders to the scene. Answer the dispatcher's questions with as much detail as possible.
  4. Do not hang up! Let the dispatcher end the conversation.
  5. If possible, send someone outside to greet the emergency responders and to assist in directing them through the building.
  6. If 911 is called during work hours, call 4411 immediately after completing call with 911 dispatcher.
Other Helpful (Non-Emergency) Numbers:
UNLV Police Department (702) 895-3668
SNSC Police Substation (702) 862-5565
Las Vegas Police Department (702) 795-3111
Nevada Highway Patrol (702) 486-4100
Clark County Fire Department (702) 455-7311
Harmon Medical Center (702) 731-1616
Desert Springs Hospital (702) 783-8800
Facilities (heat loss or power outage) (702) 862-5407
Facilities Daytime Cell Phone (702) 491-8553
After hours On Call Phone: (702) 429-4011
Emergency Message Voice Mail (702) 862-5596


Chemical Spill:

Martha A. McRae, EH&S Director Work: (775) 673-7329
Emergency ONLY Cell: (775) 742-6330

Radioactive Material Discharge:

Myung Chul Jo, UNR Radiation Safety Officer Work: (775) 784-4540
After Hours: (775) 327-5040
After-hours Building Emergencies On-Call Phone:                     (702) 429-4011

If no response within 15 minutes call:

Walter Shingles Cell: (702) 491-8553
John Naumann Cell:
Home:
(702) 598-8968
(702) 896-6537


Office of Public Affairs (All Media Inquiries)

Greg Bortolin - Director of Communications
and Government Affairs
Reno:
Las Vegas:
Cell:
(775) 673-7465
(702) 862-5409
(775)741-3648

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