Johnson Hall Power/Water/Air Handler Outage Procedure

Daytime Outage (Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 4 PM):

1. Facilities Operations will send out a campus wide E-mail notification of the outage including the buildings impacted and the estimated outage time.
2. Facilities Operations will proceed through the call list until someone is reached. 

1. The Faculty or Staff member contacted will quickly spread the news of the unexpected outage and make sure everyone is safe and that all necessary equipment is safety shutdown.
2. If the repair time is extended due to unforeseen circumstances then Facilities Operations will follow-up with another phone call to enable faculty and staff to make an educated decision to delay or cancel their lab classes.

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Off Hours (4 PM – 8 AM) and Weekend Outage: There are student labs, classes and independent research that take place off hours in all science buildings. 

1. Facilities Operations will proceed through the after-hours call list until someone is reached.  That individual will contact the other department chairs.
2. Facilities Operations will contact security (x5555) and tell them the nature of the outage and estimated time of repair.
3. Someone from the security department will immediately come to the impacted buildings and communicate the nature of the outage and make sure all occupants are safe.
4. If there is a water outage,  all emergency eyewash stations need to be flushed out by the lab supervisor when water supply has been restored. 

NOTE – if a power outage is expected to last for 3 or more hours, back up electrical generated power will need to be supplied to select freezers in the Johnson Hall of Science.  Contact the Facilities at 315-229-5601 for assistance.

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Science Center Faculty and Staff Requirements:

In the event of a water or power outage, it is recommended to cancel lab and stop research if hazardous chemicals and/or biological agents are being used.  However, it is up to the faculty's discretion to continue or cancel lab based on the hazards associated with their specific lab.  All laboratories must have backup saline solution eyewash bottles for emergency use in the event of an emergency water outage.  In addition, all labs should have several gallons of water set aside to rinse glassware and wash hands.

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Planned Air Handler Maintenance or Loss of Exhaust Fan:

For air handler shutdown, the Heating Plant will notify one of the following individuals prior to shutdown or upon discovery that an exhaust fan is down:  

1. Chemical Hygiene Officer Suna Stone (315) 600-6122 or (315) 229-5105; smcmasters@stlawu.edu
2. Biology Department Secretary Shanda Beamer (315) 229-5294; sbeamer@stlawu.edu),
3. Laboratory Manager Jackie teRiele (315) 229-5299; jteriele@stlawu.edu)
4. Department Co-Chair Ana Estevez (615) 477-3918 or (315) 229-5810; aestevez@stlawu.edu),
5. Department Co-Chair Judith Nagel-Myers (315) 729-2085 or (315) 229-5239; jnagel@stlawu.edu). 

The individual contacted will ensure no critical work is taking place in hoods and inform the Departments of the work to be done.