
Anecdotally, the EBLPs aren’t used very often with the rise in popularity of cell phones, however, they are helpful to have around campus in the instance someone does not have access to a phone and needs immediate assistance. HOW OFTEN ARE EMERGENCY BLUE LIGHT PHONES USED?Ĭalls from emergency blue light phones are not tracked separately from other emergency calls. WHERE ARE THE EMERGENCY BLUE LIGHT PHONES LOCATED?Ĭlick here to see where blue light phones are located on UCF's main campus.Ĭlick here to see where blue light phones are located on the UCF Downtown campus.Ĭlick here to see where blue light phones are located on the UCF Rosen campus.Ĭlick here to see where blue light phones are located on the UCF Health Sciences campus. The Department of Emergency Management also assists UCF IT in providing the location of these phones, and the UCF Police Department is responsible for responding to calls when the button is pressed. UCF Information Technology (IT) maintains the blue light emergency phone system. WHO MANAGES THE EMERGENCY BLUE LIGHT PHONES? That dispatcher will also be able to identify which blue light phone the call is coming from and can send officers to the area immediately. Once the red button is pressed, the dispatcher can communicate with you through the speaker. No matter what they look like, they all offer the same feature – direct access to a police dispatcher. However, emergency phones in the garages are silver boxes that are mounted on the wall. The majority are large yellow poles, with a blue light on top and a large red button to press. You may notice that not all blue light phones look the same. More than 260 emergency phones exist between UCF’s main campus, Rosen’s College of Hospitality, the Health Sciences campus in Lake Nona, and at UCF Downtown. Emergency blue light phones (EBLPs) were added to UCF’s campus is 1995 and offer a direct connection to a UCF Police dispatcher.
