Emergency Event Instructions

In an emergency, staff, students and visitors need to respond safely and quickly to reduce the risk of injury and damage to property.

Review the 9 emergency event instructions below to ensure you know what to do. These emergency event intructions outline the immediate actions you should take in response to each incident.

The emergency events poster (pdf 43 KB) is also available for you to print.

Active Aggressor

Criminal Activity

Fire

Hazardous Material Release

Hold and Secure

Lockdown

Medical Emergency

Remote Incident

Shelter-in-Place

Call for help during an emergency

If this is an emergency, call 911 immediately.
(If you call 911 from a landline on a NAIT campus, Protective Services will automatically be alerted.)

In a non-urgent or non-life-threatening situation, contact Protective Services.

Protective Services:
Phone: 780.471.7477
Fax: 780.471.7494
Email: protectiveservices@nait.ca

When in doubt, call 911.

Emergency Notifications

Protective Services can send timely emergency notifications through NAIT Alert using

  • The NAIT Alert mobile app (be sure to enable push notifications)
  • Email (to NAIT staff email accounts)
  • NAIT Twitter and, in select instances, Facebook
  • NAIT’s emergency website: nait.ca/emergency (alerts may also appear on nait.ca, staff intranet and MyNAIT Portal directing you to this website)
  • Desktop alerts on NAIT computers
  • Digital signage on NAIT campuses
  • Automated voice calls (to select users)