During the Labor Day weekend (6:00 pm Friday, August 31, 2001 - 11:59 pm Monday, September 3, 2001), the Greenbelt site will be going through a change in the phone system. During this time, the normal method to get emergency response for fires, medical emergencies, etc., will not work. On Center phones will not work. We request all personnel who do not need to be on Center that weekend to please stay home.

There is a phone line set up to contact the emergency console if necessary. The number is 301 474-7075. This number can be reached from cell phones or from working pay phones. The ROLM phones will not work, so it will not be accessible from them.

Certain outlying areas of the Greenbelt site ((Areas 100, 200, 300, 400 and Building 86) will not have fire alarms back to the Emergency Console at this time. The alarm will go off in the building, but the signal back to the Console is over the phone system, and will not work. If you are working in these areas over the weekend, we recommend you have a cellular phone with you to contact the console at 301 474-7075.

In the event you are on Center in any building but the ones listed above, and require medical assistance, we advise you to pull the fire alarm manual pull station. This will get an emergency response to you.

Normal Phone Services are unavailable from 6:00 p.m. on August 31, 2001, through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 3, 2001.

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY

CALL 301-474-7075

USING A PAY PHONE OR CELLULAR PHONE

PLEASE NOTE:

§ Pay phones in Buildings 5, 6, 11, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, and 33 will NOT have service.

§ Pay phones in Buildings 1, 2, 3/14, 4, 7/10/15 complex, 8, 9, 12, 16, 16W, 17, 18, 29, 20, 23, 25, and 27 WILL have service.

§ Buildings 13, 24, 31, 86, and 90 DO NOT HAVE PAY PHONES.

§ If you do not have access to a pay phone, you must use a wireless phone to contact on-campus emergency services (301-474-7075).

§ In the event of a fire in Building 86 or any building located at Areas 100, 200, 300 or 400, pull the alarm to notify any other people in the building AND call the emergency number - 301-474-7075.

§ Phones (including the pay phone) in the Visitor’s Center will NOT have service.

After the cutover weekend, the new phone system will be in place, and the emergency console can be reached by calling 911 or 112.

If you have any questions, please contact the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Mr. Patrick Hancock on x65605, or Denise White 6-3438, Tammy Smith 6-4883, or Diane Teets 6-5535