Reporting Emergencies

Campus safety is a responsibility we all share. All of us play a critical role in keeping students, faculty, and staff safe on campus. Here’s how you can do your part.

To report an emergency on the WPI campus:

  • Take necessary steps to keep yourself safe
  • Stay calm
  • Call WPI Police immediately at 508-831-5555
  • If phones are down, find transportation or send a runner to notify WPI Police,
    located at Founders Hall, 26 Boynton St. (lower level)
    • Provide your name, location, and the nature of the emergency

If you see something, say something. Report crimes, suspicious behavior, and safety
concerns to WPI Police immediately.


Program WPI Police into your cell phone: 508-831-5555.


Download and activate the WPI SAFE mobile app.


Subscribe to WPI Alerts. WPI Alerts is the best and quickest way to get information in
an emergency. Emergency situations develop and the situation can change rapidly. WPI
Alerts keeps you informed as things change. 

Register for WPI Alerts


Plan ahead. The time to think about what you would do in an emergency is now. Please
take a few minutes to read through these procedures and consider how you would
respond. Familiarize yourself with the WPI SAFE mobile app and the location and
operation of the blue light phones on campus.