Safety and Security

Campus Safety Tips

Important Phone Numbers
SUNY Orange Safety and Security - Middletown Campus	341-4710
Middletown Police Department	343-3151
Middletown Fire Department	343-4000
Wellness Center - Middletown Campus	341-4870
Mobile Life Ambulance - Middletown Campus	343-1212
SUNY Orange Safety and Security - Newburgh Campus	341-9533
Newburgh Police Department	561-3131
Newburgh Fire Department	562-1212
Mobile Life Ambulance - Newburgh Campus	562-4357

The following safety/security suggestions are simply intended to:

• Help you remain safe by avoiding unsafe situations
• Help you prevent loss of personal property by following a few helpful hints.

These suggestions should be utilized not only on campus but in the community at large.

• Don't leave valuables exposed in the passenger compartment of your auto.
• Place all valuables in your trunk or glove compartment prior to arrival at parking lot.
• Park in well lighted areas and as near as possible to the building you'll be entering.
• Try to arrive and leave at times the lot is most populated.
• Park near other autos. Try not to leave your auto in a remote or obscure location.
• Carry a small flashlight on your person.
• Have your keys ready before you approach your car.
• Try to travel to and from a parking lot with known friends or acquaintances. For Security Escorts dial "77."
• Check the passenger compartment (use flashlight) before entering the car.
• Lock all doors after entering.
• If you MUST stay behind, ask a friend to remain with you.
• Become familiar with fire extinguisher locations and emergency exits.
• Never divulge the combinations to lockers or other secured areas to anyone.
• Never divulge Personal Identification entry codes to computers or to ATM's to anyone.
• Safeguard those expensive textbooks - put your initials inside on a favorite page number for identification.
• Never attach your name/address to your keys.
• If you lose your keys, change the lock cylinders at your residence.
• Keep a list (at home) of all credit card numbers.
• In case of loss/theft have a list (at home) of telephone numbers to:
  • Cancel Credit Cards
  • Notify Banks to Stop Checks
• Secure book bags and pocketbooks - need a lock for your desks? - call extension 4934!

When Traveling at Night:

• Let friends/family know of your intended route to/from the location
• Travel on busy roads, if possible.
• Travel on roads with night time services (gas stations, telephones, etc.)
• Let friends/family know of the approximate time of your return.
• If broken down on road, notify the local police.
• Deal only with UNIFORMED police traveling in MARKED cars.
• Do not get into an auto with a stranger. If accosted, remember description and auto registration plate number.
• If cars stop to assist, ask them to notify the police for you. Remain in your locked auto.
• Do not enter houses in the area, ask them to notify the police to assist you - give them your location. Return to your auto and remain until help arrives.

At Public Places: (schools, shopping malls, theaters, sports arenas, etc.)

• Keep your valuables within reach and always in sight.
• If going to a restroom, take your valuables with you (purses, pocket calculators, expensive pens, jewelry, etc.).
• Try to choose restrooms located near frequently traveled areas of the building.
• Travel the halls and stairways with others if possible.
• Try to always leave the building with the main group.

Fire Safety: R.A.C.E

R - Rescue: Remove any in immediate danger.
A - Alarm: Sound the alarm (call x77).
C - Confine: Confine the fire by closing doors.
E - Evacuate: Area