Residential Life Policy: Blue Light Phones

Nearly every residence hall has an emergency telephone on the outside of the building near a front door. There are also such phones on building exteriors and on free-standing poles throughout campus.

These phones can be used for calling any on-campus extension. The connection lasts for three minutes. A Braille marking has been added to phones to facilitate use by sight impaired community members. If the emergency phone outside of your building is not working correctly, please report it immediately by dialing 0 from another phone.

In an Emergency

Pushing the RED button on the phone will connect you directly to Brown Public Safety 24 hours a day. When the RED button is pushed, the location of the activated phone will display in public safety and an officer will be dispatched to that location. These phones are identified by a blue light overhead so that they can be located easily.