VIMS - Emergency Contacts

Office of Safety and Environmental Programs

• Who to call:
  1. Tom Grose, Director: Radiation Safety and General Health and Safety -- Phone: 684-7152; Pager 642-8914.
  2. Paul Nichols, Chemical Hygiene Officer: Hazardous Materials, General Health and Safety -- Phone: 684-7147; Pager: 642-8915.
  3. Gloria Rowe, Workers' Compensation Coordinator: Administrative Information -- Phone: 684-7322.
• How to contact us:
• General questions and non-emergency problems: telephone, email, or in person.
• EMERGENCY problems: telephone or pager.
• Our pager numbers are printed on the "Emergency" stickers that have been distributed for application to campus telephones.

Depending upon the immediate actions YOU need to take concerning the situation, it might be best to:

• call the console operator (ext 7000) and ask her to contact the Safety Office.
• In case of fire or medical emergency, do not hesitate to:
• call Gloucester County Emergency Services 9-911, or
• call the console operator (ext. 7000) and request that she make the call.

After hours:

1. Tom Grose, Pager: 804-642-8914; Cell Phone: 804-815-5080.
2. Paul Nichols, Pager: 804-642-8915; Cell Phone: 804-832-4158.
3. Your Supervisor, or
4. Call Gloucester County Emergency Services 9-911.

Office of Safety and Environmental Programs: Email Addresses

1. Tom Grose, twgrose@vims.edu;
2. Paul Nichols, pauln@vims.edu;
3. Gloria Rowe, gbrowe@vims.edu;
4. The email address safety@vims.edu reaches both Tom Grose and Paul Nichols.

How to Contact a Pager:

• After you dial the pager number, you will receive a meassage to "please enter your numeric message after the tone".
• Enter the phone number at which you need to be called, followed by the # sign.
• Hang up. The party contacted will receive your message on the respective pager and return your call.