Bomb threats usually occur by telephone. If you receive a bomb threat:

• Use the bomb threat checklist found here.
• On the Malibu campus and at all other domestic University campuses, call 911.  Then call the Department of Public Safety at (310) 506-4441.
  • Give your name, location, and telephone number.  Inform the dispatcher of the situation, including any information you may have as to the location of the bomb, the time it is set to explode, and the time when you received the call. Do not hang up until instructed to do so by the dispatcher.
• Inform your supervisor and/or department head regarding the threat and the instructions provided by the dispatcher.

• If you notice a suspicious object or package:

• On the Malibu campus and at all other domestic University campuses, call 911. Then call the Department of Public Safety at (310) 506-4441.

• Under NO circumstances should you touch, tamper with, or move the package/object in any way.

• University authorities will be responsible for building evacuation.
• If instructed to evacuate your building, proceed to your designated emergency staging locations as calmly and quickly as possible.
• Do not reenter the evacuated building until instructed that it is safe to do so by Public Safety or public agency personnel.