Bomb Threats and Suspicious Packages

The UT Police Department and partnering agencies are trained to respond to threats and reports of bombs or other suspicious packages. In the event you receive a bomb threat, do the following:

• Stay calm.
• If your phone has caller ID, record the number displayed.
• Gain the attention of someone else close by, point to these instructions, and have them call 911 or 974-3111 immediately. This call should happen out of the hearing range of the caller making the bomb threat.
• Try to keep the caller on the phone long enough to complete the Bomb Threat Check Sheet.
• Ask the questions on the check sheet.
• Work with arriving emergency personnel to assist them in evaluating the situation.
• Prepare for an orderly evacuation only when directed to do so by police or emergency personnel.

Any reports made to members of the campus community, should be forwarded on to campus police by calling 911 or 974-3111.