Safety

Providing all students with the tools and resources to keep themselves and others safe while studying at SHRS.

Important Numbers

Police, fire or medical emergency: Call 911
Pitt Police (for Fifth and Halket and all Pitt-owned buildings):
- From a non-campus phone: 412-624-2121
- From a campus phone: 4-2121

Calling for Emergency Assistance

SHRS operates across multiple locations, the appropriate emergency contact depends on where you are.

Fifth and Halket (3396 Fifth Avenue) Call Pitt Police at 412-624-2121.
Bridgeside Point 1 (100 Technology Drive), Box Office (424 South 27th Street), Rivertech Office Works/NMRL (3860 South Water Street) and Bakery Square (6425 Penn Avenue) Call 911.

After any emergency at any location, please notify the SHRS Dean’s Office.

Suspicious Activity

If you witness suspicious activity, call the appropriate number for your location, then notify the Dean’s Office.

Fifth and Halket: Call Pitt Police at 412-624-2121.
Bridgeside Point 1, Box Office, Rivertech Office Works/NMRL, and Bakery Square: Call 911.

Please note that soliciting inside any Pitt space is not permitted.

Building Evacuation

If you need assistance evacuating due to a physical impairment, disability, or temporary injury, contact the Office of Environmental Health and Safety at safety@ehs.pitt.edu or 412-624-9505 to request an Individualized Evacuation Plan. Students should also inform their course instructor.

Safety Resources

Office of Public Safety & Emergency Management
Student Injury Response Protocol — Pitt EHS (PDF)
Emergency Notification Services (ENS) — Sign up to receive urgent University messages via voicemail or text.

PittSAFE

A free mobile safety app, designed to help students, faculty, staff, visitors, parents and community members stay informed, connected and prepared.

PittSAFE replaces the legacy Rave Guardian app as Pitt’s centralized hub for campus safety resources, emergency communications and support services. It supports all five University campuses with location-specific information.

Office of Compliance, Investigations and Ethics – Make a Report

Pitt is committed to building and maintaining a positive and healthy working, learning and living environment. The Pitt Concern Connection (PCC) is the Pitt community’s starting point for asking questions and raising concerns. This hotline enables our campus communities to elevate irregular or troublesome workplace, academic and other issues so that they can be reviewed, addressed and resolved.

The PCC’s new platform, Real Response, allows reporting via text message, webform, email or WhatsApp 24/7.