{"id":409,"date":"2026-10-15T14:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/?page_id=409"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:02:57","slug":"utility-outage-or-emergency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/emergency-actions-guide\/utility-outage-or-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Utility Outage or Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the event of an EMERGENCY utility outage or disruption:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Call 9-1-1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the event of a POWER OUTAGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you are in an unlit area, proceed cautiously to an area that has emergency lighting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If instructed to evacuate, proceed cautiously to the nearest exit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notify the appropriate work management center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the event of a WATER LEAK:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shut down and protect critical equipment, if safe to do so.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notify the appropriate work management center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the event of a NATURAL GAS smell or leak:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Notify the appropriate work management center.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you begin to feel ill or suspect a leak, evacuate the building\/leave the area and call 9-1-1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-notice-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-notice\" data-hash=\"16c28ded3b16950e8148b368f0eb0a38\"><h1>CONTENT DEVELOPMENT NOTE<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This page still needs work&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the event of an EMERGENCY utility outage or disruption: In the event of a POWER OUTAGE: In the event of a WATER LEAK: In the event of a NATURAL GAS smell or leak:<\/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-409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409","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=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/emergency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions\/644"}],"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=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}