Health & Safety
Campus Safety Services
Campus Safety Services oversees vital services around campus security, emergency management, risk management, and insurance. Their resource banks include vital safety information and protocols, training and informational resources, and pathways to reporting incidents and near-misses and safety concerns.
Campus Safety Reporting: All work-related hazards, incidents, and occupational illnesses must be reported to your supervisor or manager and in the online Hazard and Incident Report.
Security Services
Security Representatives are designated ULethbridge first responders and trained First Aid / CPR and can be contacted 24/7, 365 days a year, through any one of the methods listed below:
Urgent 24-7 help: 403-329-2345
General Inquires: 403-329-2549
Working alone
When working alone, you can check in using the uLethbridge Safe mobile app. The app provides an easy way for you to inform Campus Security of your location. You are able to create your own settings and check-in when you want. This allows Campus Security to know if you have missed a check-in and take appropriate action. For more information, visit the Working Alone page on the Hub.
SafeWALK
SafeWALK is a program Security Services offers to escort you "to" and "from" anywhere on the Lethbridge Campus. This service is available 24/7/365 to all students, employees, and visitors.
How Can I Use SafeWALK?
If you intend to utilize this service there are various ways to request, initiate or schedule a SafeWALK:
- Use the Safe Walk feature on the uLethbridge Safe mobile app
- Option 1: Friend Walk (virtual)
- Option 2: Security Walk (virtual)
- Option 3: Call Campus Security (directly from app)
- Call Campus Safety Security Services directly at (403) 329-2345
- Make an "in person" request by attending Security Operations Centre located in the University Library at L911 (across from Starbucks on Lethbridge Campus)
First Aid Program
Campus Security Representatives are the University’s 24/7 First Responders and provide First Aid services. Security is equipped with first aid kits, AED, and can direct emergency services to your location quickly if required.
- Contact Security Services: 403.329.2345 (2345 from an in-house phone)
- Serious injury or illness: call 911 immediately - then call Security Services.
First Aid Kits, AEDs, Emergency Showers, and Eyewash Stations
Campus Safety provides first aid equipment and supplies so that Designated First Aiders can assist an injured/ill person. First Aid kits, AEDs and emergency eyewash/shower stations are located throughout campus. See the First Aid Program page on the Hub for more information.
Know the locations of the following in your area:
- First Aid Kits: Available in common gathering areas such as atriums, near elevators, and within individual departments throughout campus.
- Automated External Defibrillators (AED): Call Security to have an AED brought to your location. AEDs are also located in various strategic locations throughout campus and registered with Alberta Health Services (If you call 911 - they can tell you where the nearest AED is for easy access).