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The mission of the Occupational Safety and Fire Prevention (OSFP) Program is to help provide a safe and healthy environment for learning and working for all UTHealth Houston faculty, employees, students, medical residents and visitors. Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) performs routine surveillance of all UTHealth Houston buildings and grounds to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control hazards and to ensure compliance with fire and life safety code requirements. Through scheduled testing and proactive evaluation, OSFP strives to minimize the incidence of accidents and injuries across our campus. Simply put, we exist to help people go home as healthy and safe as when they arrive on our campus each day. .

EHS Main Office 713-500-8100 (answered M-F, 8:00AM-5:00PM CST)
EHS Hotline 713-500-5832 (after hours, weekends, holiday for the on-call safety specialist)
EHS Occupational Safety and Fire Prevention 713-500-8165
For Emergencies, Dial UT Police Dispatch 713-792-2890 or 911

15 Second Delayed Egress door

A 15 second delayed egress door is a door that has a magnetic device that will keep a door locked for 15 seconds before it will allow the door to open. Delayed egress doors are installed primarily for security. They prevent a door from being opened immediately from the inside. This type of device is used on campus to prevent theft. They are in most of the buildings on campus, are tested annually by EH&S, and they are code compliant. For more information on the operation on these doors please watch the video below. If you have any questions please contact Environmental Health and Safety at 713-500-8100.

Red vs Blue

Throughout UTHealth there are two different types of emergency pull stations, one colored red and one blue. The difference between these two devices goes beyond their color. The most common device is the red pull station, used to alert building occupants and the Houston Fire Department (HFD) in the event of a fire. The blue pull station, perhaps less well known, is used to alert the University of Texas Police Department (UTPD) when a situation requires police intervention. [Continue reading]

Occupational Safety and Fire Prevention Staff

	Snehal Rana, (Manager) [email protected] Phone: 713-500-8165 OCB 1.330 B.S.: University of Houston (Biochemistry)
	Mike Gillum, CFI (Safety Specialist) [email protected] Phone: 713-500-8139 OCB 1.330 B.S. Agricultural Development, Texas A&M University M.S. Security Management-Cyber Security, University of Houston Downtown
	Mike Allen (Safety Specialist) [email protected] Phone: 713-500-8143 OCB 1.330 Houston Fire Fighter 1979 - Present EMT since 1985 1975-1976 Attended Texas A&M
	Cedric Peace, CFI (Safety Specialist) [email protected] Phone: 713-500-8154 OCB 1.330 Bachelor of Architecture, Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture Masters of Community Development, Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture
	Christopher Hall, CFI (Safety Specialist) [email protected] Phone: 713-500-8114 OCB 1.330 Bachelor of Architecture, Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture
	Darris Peace, (Safety Specialist) [email protected] Phone: 713-500-8112 OCB 1.330 Bachelor of Architecture, Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture
	Elliot Walls, (Safety Specialist) [email protected] Phone: 713-500-8148 OCB 1.330 B.A. University of Texas – Austin, 2011 HSE and Lab Safety, Oil and Gas 2014-2020