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Courtesy Phones

Courtesy or "campus" phones are provided at various campus locations as a service to the UW community. Generally, these phones are restricted to on-campus dialing, and are paid for by the campus departments in their vicinity.

Elevator Phones

State elevator code requires that all elevators in public buildings be equipped with emergency phones. At the UW, these phones are programmed to ring to the UW Physical Plant Communications Center (685-0200) at the touch of a button. Outside of normal business hours, these calls are automatically forwarded to the UW Police Department.

UW Medical Center (UWMC) elevator phones, and some in the Health Sciences Building, ring to the UWMC paging operators at 548-6190.

All elevator phones and lines on campus are provided free of charge by the UW Technology Service Center.

Pay Phones

Please contact the UW Technology Service Center for all of your pay phone needs. help@u.washington.edu

Security/Emergency Phones

Public security/emergency phones connect callers directly to the UW Police Department (UWPD). These phones are made available wherever the UWPD determines that issues of public or property safety warrant it. Security/emergency phones similar in style to standard units are available, as are weatherproof, explosion-proof, dial-less, and strobe-equipped models.

Callers wishing to place urgent police, fire, or medical emergency calls from UW telephones other than the Security/Emergency phones described above should dial 9-911.