Welcome to Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Emergency Information website.
This website is the central location for official information and updates regarding emergencies and related safety matters affecting the Occidental community. Bookmark this page for easy reference—it will be updated during an active emergency situation or other safety matter to keep students, faculty, staff and family members informed.
You can also contact Campus Safety at (323) 259-2599.
5:20 p.m. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ campus remains unaffected by the California brushfires currently in the news, including the Getty Fire in Los Angeles, the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, and the Hillside Fire in San Bernardino.
2:30 p.m. All clear. The grass fire on Fiji Hill has been extinguished. LAFD is on the scene, dropping water as a precaution.
5:10 p.m. The Saddleridge fire, located about 20 miles northwest of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ campus on the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley, continues to burn to the north and west, carrying it away from Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
3:35 p.m. The College's telephone service provider has restored all telephone service on campus. The telephone system is back to normal.
9 a.m. Freeways are open and no smoke is showing as firefighters finish up work on the 30-acre fire that broke out near the junction of the 134 and 2 freeways Sunday afternoon.
8:50 p.m. The second earthquake in two days to shake Southern California, centered close to the first, hit at 8:19 p.m. today. As was the case with the first, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ campus was unaffected by the shaking.