{"id":407,"date":"2026-10-15T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:32:46","slug":"suspicious-package-or-mail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/emergency-actions-guide\/suspicious-package-or-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspicious Package or Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Procedures to Follow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you receive a suspicious package or mail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remain calm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If an option, do not accept delivery of package or envelope.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not handle or open the package or envelope.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not smell, touch, or taste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not touch eyes, nose, or other parts of your body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Isolate the area by shutting all doors and windows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thoroughly wash hands with soap and water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Report to supervisor and call 9-1-1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advise others to avoid the area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not leave the area until told to do so by responding public safety officials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make a list of all persons who touched the letter or package and who were in the area when the letter was opened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-breakout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-breakout use-content-width  \"><div class=\"content-width\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/Susp-Package-Flyer-2018.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"161\">Suspicious Package Flyer<\/a> [PDF] from the U.S. Postal Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">URI <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2079\/Susp-Package-Flyer-2018.pdf\">Suspicious Package Flyer<\/a> [PDF]<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procedures to Follow If you receive a suspicious package or mail:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5322,"featured_media":0,"parent":568,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-407","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/407\/revisions\/696"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}