Emergency Operations Center

The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is the University’s Organization for the management of campus responses to major disasters. The EOC’s major decision-makers come together to facilitate a coordinated effort during a major campus emergency. Though designed with hurricane emergencies in mind, the EOC may also be activated to respond to other emergencies.

Prepared by the Director of Residence Life and Campus Safety (843) 863-7102

Emergency Response

Fire | Police | Ambulance .................... 9-1-1
All Emergencies ................................. 9-553-5896 or 9-1-1
Campus Security | on campus ........... 20#
Campus Security | off campus .......... (843) 553-5896
Campus Operator .............................. (843) 863-7004

Crisis Response Procedures - Charleston Southern University has a Crisis Response Team and a comprehensive plan in place to respond to a variety of emergencies. - The University’s security staff is augmented by North Charleston police in the event of an emergency. - All 911 calls to local authorities are also automatically directed to campus security, which then acts as the first aid responders. - In the event of a mass tragedy, campus security would close the access points to and from the campus in order to secure the campus in a lockdown status. - The University’s crisis response plan calls for University members to report to assigned locations and utilizes all of the campus’ technology to communicate to personnel campus-wide. - This technology includes telephone, bullhorns, truck-mounted loud speakers, mobile sirens and computer technology. For more information of campus security procedures, click here