Emergency Preparedness for Laboratories -
Sensitive Information in Your Emergency Plan

The Health and Safety Programs Office received an excellent question today regarding who should have access to sensitive information contained in your department's emergency plan. Since this quarter's topic for the Self Inspection is Emergency Preparedness for Laboratories, we wanted to provide clarification on what information should be provided to all personnel.

Emergency Preparedness for Laboratories - Weekly Tip
SoM Basic Emergency Procedures

This week's emergency preparedness tip for laboratories focuses on basic emergency procedures for the School of Medicine.

Emergency Preparedness for Laboratories - Weekly Tip
Evacuation and Emergency Assembly Points

Continuing our blog to assist laboratories in completing the Q2 Self Inspection Checklist, this week's tip is regarding Evacuation and Emergency Assembly Points.

Chemical Inventory Update:
Grant, Alway and Lane

Updates for the Grant (07-306), Alway (07-307) and Lane (07-308) buildings are due by July 10, 2008.

Emergency Preparedness for Laboratories - Weekly Tip
Personnel Rosters and Emergency Phone Trees

For the next few weeks, the Health and Safety Programs Office (HSPO) will be posting emergency preparedness tips on our blog to assist laboratories in completing the Q2 Self Inspection Checklist . This week's tip is regarding creating and maintaining lab/department personnel rosters and emergency phone trees.

Quarter 2 2008 Self-Inspection:
Emergency Planning for Laboratories

The health and safety topic for all laboratory research staff in the School of Medicine to review this quarter is EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR LABORATORIES. Please complete the Self-Inspection process for this quarter by June 30, 2008.

Fire Safety Inspection
Fairchild Science Building

Stanford Fire Marshal's Office will conduct a Fire Safety Inspection at the Fairchild Science Building (07-520) on June 18 - 19.

Chemical Inventory Update:
Hagey Lab (PSRL)

Updates for the Hagey Laboratory for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine (07-550) is due by June 10, 2008.

Updating Your Department Emergency Plans

The deadline to review and update your on-line Department Emergency Plan is May 15.

Personal Preparedness is Key to Dealing with Any Emergency or Disaster

It's amazing, but true! The San Francisco Chronicle on April 15, 2008 reported that there is a 99% probability that California will experience an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 or greater.