Emergency Contacts

Who to call:

• Tom Grose, Director: Radiation Safety and General Health and Safety --- Office: 804-684-7152; Cell: 804-815-5080; Pager: 804-642-8914
• Paul Nichols, Chemical Hygiene Officer: Hazardous Materials, General Health and Safety --- Office: 804-684-7147; Cell: 804-832-4158; Pager: 804-642-8915
• Libby MacDonald, Worker's Compensation Coordinator: Administrative Information --- Office: 804-684-7322; Cell: 804-695-7133
• Sharon Miller, Marine Safety, Risk Assessment Manager --- Office: 804-684-7055; Cell: 804-832-0394
• Wayne Reisner, Dive Safety Officer --- Office: 804-684-7058, 804-684-7200; Cell: 804-815-4780

How to contact us:

• General questions and non-emergency problems: telephone, email, or in person.
• EMERGENCY problems: telephone or pager.
• Our pager numbers can be found in the  Who to call section of this web page and are printed on the "Emergency" stickers that have been distributed for application to campus phones.  If you are paging from any VIMS phone, be sure to dial 9 plus the pager number.

• How to contact a pager:

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

If a situation requires YOU to take immediate action:

• Call the console operator (ext. 7000) and ask her to contact the Safety Office.
• For emergencies involving a VIMS vessel both in the water or on a trailer during working hours call 804-684-7600

In case of fire or medical emergency, do not hesitate to:

• Call the Gloucester Country Emergency Services dial 9-911, or
• Call the console operator (ext. 7000) and request the operator to make the call.

Office of Safety and Environmental Programs: Email addresses

1. [[twgrose, Tom Grose]]
2. [[pauln, Paul Nichols]]
3. [[ehmacd, Libby MacDonald]]
4. [[safety, Safety]] reaches both Tom Grose and Paul Nichols.
5. [[smiller, Sharon Miller]]
6. [[wreisner, Wayne Reisner]]