Environmental Health & Safety strives to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protect the environmental integrity of the campus and surroundings.
Wildfire Smoke Information
Training and Information
- Wildfire Smoke Guidance – EWU safety precautions &protocols
- Wildfire Smoke Safety Video / Ally Safety
- Link to Air Quality Conditions (AQI) for Spokane Region
Responsibilities and Exposure Control
Respirators: We are encouraging people to wear a respirator, and we are offering N95 respirators for use. If you would like a respirator, please check with your supervisor. If you are having troubles getting a respirator, please contact Environmental Health and Safety at envhea@ewu.edu.
- Employees/students should inform your supervisor if you are experiencing symptoms of wildfire smoke exposure
- Employees/students have the right to obtain medical attention without fear of reprisal
- Supervisor training. Prior to supervising employees performing work that exposes the worker to AQI 72 or more, supervisors must have appropriate training.
- EWU has designated several ‘smoke refuge’ locations as show in the Wildfire Smoke Exposure Guidance
- Portable HEPA filters are available through Environmental Health & Safety
- Employees may request relocating work to a location with a lower AQI
- Employees may request adjusting work schedules to times with a lower AQI
- Employees and Supervisors should avoid or reduce work that creates additional exposures to dust, fumes, or smoke
- Employees and Supervisors should consider reducing work intensity and increasing rest periods
Link to National Weather Service Conditions for Cheney, WA
Core Customer Services
Service Request FormSubmit this form to request assistance from EH&S for things such as ergonomic assessments, universal waste pickup or other general safety requests.
Incident ReportingSubmit an Incident Report if you have or see an accident or incident on any EWU campus or while at an EWU related event or trip. Safety concerns can be reported here with the new Safety Concern Report form.
Hazardous Waste Pick Up RequestUse this form to request a waste pick up. Download the Word document on the form page and upload it to submit your request.
Ally Safety TrainingClick here to access EWU’s Environmental Health and Safety online training platform – Ally Safety.
Building Captains Information
Building Captains ProgramInformation about Eastern’s Building Captain Program
Building Captains RosterWho are the Building Captains?
Environmental Health & Safety
002 Martin Hall – Cheney, WA 99004
P: 509.359.6496 | F: 509.359.4690
