Alert Information

(posted Friday, May 2, 9:30 a.m., pv)

 

 

Generator tests planned for this coming week

Facilities Operations and Management will be conducting UTMB's annual 18-hour test of the emergency generators this  coming week (May 3 thru May 9), in preparation for hurricane season which begins June 1. Emergency power and lights will be transferred to campus backup generators during test times. Normal power and lights will not be affected.

The schedule is as follows:

John Sealy Annex, North Addition ---- (O.R.) 12:00 noon Saturday, 5-3-08 until 6:00am Sunday, 5-4-08. FOAM will be using an external load bank for this test so as not to affect any procedures, but will need to transfer to emergency power for 30 minutes during the 18 hour period to satisfy regular monthly testing. FOAM personnel will coordinate the best time for this with the charge nurse on duty at that time.

Jeannie Sealy Bldg ----- Same date and time as above. All emergency power and lights will be transferred for the entire time.

Children's Hospital ------12 noon on Tuesday, 5-6-08 until 6:00 am on Wednesday, 5-7-08. This generator also supplies emergency power to the following buildings: John Sealy Towers, Old Children's, and Clinical Science. All emergency power and lights will be transferred during this time (except the Cath Lab and Endoscopy) which will be transferred for 30 minutes at night when those areas are closed.

McCullough Bldg ---- Same time as above. This generator also supplies emergency power to the following buildings: Old John Sealy Annex, Waverly Smith, and Keiller Bldg. All emergency power and lights will be transferred during the entire time.

Trauma Center -----12 noon on Thursday, 5-8-08, until 6:00 am on Friday 5-9-08. FOAM will be using an external load bank for this test also, but will coordinate with the charge nurse for the best time to satisfy the 30 minute monthly transfer requirement.


If you have any questions, please call Adrew Best at (409) 771-7513

 

In the event of disaster or emergency weather conditions:

  • Call your supervisor; or
  • Call the UTMB hotline at (409) 77-ALERT (772-5378) or toll free at (888) 772-5449; or
  • Call the UTMB main operator at (409) 772-1011.
  • Information is also available via the web at http://www.utmb.edu/alert. Should the UTMB web server go down, a second server is in place as a backup. It is hosted by our colleagues at The Texas Higher Education Network (THE.net), and will be available via UTMB's normal URL: http://www.utmb.edu.  Additionally, an informational site will be activated at http://utmbinfo.com.
  • Monitor local television and radio stations including KPRC/950 AM, KTRH/740 AM and KIKK/96 FM in Houston.

Information Technology Emergencies - in the event that there is a disruption of network or applications services, you can check the status of any given system by going to: http://www.utmb.edu/operations/daily_operations_status.htm

This page is posted by UTMB Public Affairs under the direction of the UTMB Institutional Emergency Preparedness Officer, Dr. Joan Richardson.

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