Fire Safety
UT Permian Basin holds fire safety as one the fundamental parts to providing everyone a safe environment. Everyone at our campus is encouraged to practice safety. If an incident occurs individuals are asked to promptly report the issue to any administrative university official. Information about fire safety policies, procedures, and reporting requirements can be found at https://www.utpb.edu/university-offices/ehs/index
University Fire Warning System
The UT Permian Basin campus fire alarm system is continually monitored by GE Fire Works graphical interface system. This system operates on a fiber optic loop connected to every building fire panel on the UT Permian Basin campus. This system has simultaneous reporting capacity to the City of Odessa Dispatch for the Main campus, City of Midland Dispatch for the Midland Campus and University Police and EH&S via a class B fiber optics network. Environmental Health & Safety oversees a fire and life safety system that has over 1,600 alarm fire alarm initiating devices, 600 portable fire extinguishers, and 41 buildings with sprinkler systems as well as 4 special hazard systems.
Emergency Alert System
Falcon Alert is an emergency notification service that gives UTPB administration the ability to communicate health, safety, or other emergency information quickly- via text message and email. All students are automatically enrolled in Falcon Alert and may opt out by visiting https://falconid.utpb.edu/index.php/falconalert.
False Reports
A person commits an offense under Section 42.06, Texas Penal Code, if he knowingly initiates, communicates or circulates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that he knows is false or baseless and that would ordinarily: (1) cause action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies; (2) place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or (3) prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, or aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance. The offense under Section 42.06, Texas Penal Code, of making such a false alarm or report involving a public or private institution of higher education is a state jail felony. An individual adjudged guilty of a state jail felony shall be punished by confinement in a state jail for any term of not more than two years or less than 180 days and, in addition to confinement, an individual adjudged guilty of a state jail felony may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.