Emergencies & Accidents

Life Safety Emergencies:  ALWAYS CALL FOR HELP - 911

Emergencies & Accidents

• If you are currently experiencing an emergency, immediately contact the appropriate department below:

Life Safety & Fire 

• Farmville Dispatch, 911, x-2091, or 434-392-3332

Facility Emergency

• During normal operating hours – Facilities Management
  • Primary: x-2373, 434-395-2373, or workorder@longwood.edu, or
  • Secondary: x-2089, 434-395-2089
• Nights, weekends, and holidays – Farmville Dispatch
  • 911,  x-2091, or 434-392-3332
• Computer or Network – Longwood Information Technology  x-4357, 434-395-4357, or helpdesk@longwood.edu

Fire Alarm

• Except during announced testing, when the Fire Alarm goes off, you must immediately exit the building.  Consult an evacuation route map for the nearest exit to your location.  If you are unable to do so, go to an Area of Rescue (blue phone/box) and use the emergency phone to notify Farmville Dispatch of your situation.

Campus Wide Emergency

• When the alert system application and/or the emergency sirens notifies you of a campus wide emergency, follow the instructions provided.  In many cases you will be instructed to enter the nearest building and go to the emergency shelter location.

Emergency Shelter Locations

• Emergency shelter locations are marked on the evacuation route maps only on the lowest level of the building.  Some emergency shelter locations are marked with a sign on the hallway wall.  If you are unsure of where to go, move to the lowest level of the building and get as far from the exterior walls as you are able to.

Evacuation Route Maps

• Maps of the building's floor plan with routes showing two routes out of the building are posted on hallway walls in every Longwood University building.

Emergency Planning & Preparedness

• Longwood’s emergency management coordinator is housed in the police department.  Contact information is x-2457, 434-395-2457, or police@longwood.edu

Injury or Property Damage

If an accident results in injury or property damage complete the appropriate forms below:

• For Injured Employees:  
  • Human Resources Accident Investigation Form with written instructions 
• For Property Damage (other than vehicle) or Injury to Students, Contractors, or Visitors:  
  • Materiel Management's Incident Report Form