Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) helps ensure a safe campus community and promotes environmental responsibility through partnerships with students, faculty, staff and visitors. EHS provides regulatory compliance assistance, training programs, program development and implementation, technical support, inspections and emergency response services.
Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Brown’s plans for 2020-21 focus on protecting the health of our community while delivering world-class education and research, and remaining a valued neighbor in our city, state and region.
“Healthy Brown” is a goal and a core value guiding efforts to ensure the health, safety and well-being of the Brown University community.
The Winter Storm and Blizzard Plan is written to provide planning information and procedures prior to a winter storm or blizzard event.
Guidance on Brown University principles and communications regarding weather-related closings and delays.
The Brown EAP was developed to ensure the safety of Students, Faculty, Staff and visitors in the event of a fire or other emergency. The EAP provides information on evacuation procedures, emergency contact information, hostile intruder guidance, sheltering in place and fire prevention.
The University has developed this guidance to assist in responding to Hostile Intruder(s) on campus.
This policy was developed to provide for the safety of the campus community and to reduce the damage of grounds by managing vehicular use on the campus.
Information regarding the university policy on the presence of minors in research laboratories.
This program is intended to include all aspects of occupational health and safety as it relates to animal care and use.
Whenever 50 or more persons attend an event inside a Brown University property, the individual sponsor or a representative of the sponsoring organization must review the Fire Safety for Events policy prior to the event and assure compliance with the specified procedures before and during the event.
The Brown University Drone / Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Policy was developed to identify and support authorized UAS use for University related activities.
Brown University student groups using machinery, building performance sets and/or using hazardous substances should be in regular contact with EHS and SAO to discuss training requirements and project plans. These student groups are required to adhere to requirements within the Performing & Visual Art Safety Program and develop a safety manual.