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Emergency Services

Virginia Tech Switchboard
Phone: 540-231-6000

  • Virginia Tech Police
    • Emergency phone: 911
      Note: This will reach the NRV Dispatch center, which covers campus, town, and county emergency calls
    • Non-emergency phone: 540-382-4343
  • Virginia Tech Rescue - Emergency medical care
    • Phone: 911
  • Cook Counseling Center
    • Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.: 540-231-6557
    • After hours/holidays/weekends: 540-231-6557
    • Suicide prevention: 540-231-6557
    • To speak with a mental health professional in minutes, students should register at timelycare.com/virginiatech or download the TimelyCare app, login using their vt.edu email address, and select "TalkNow."
  • Environmental Health and Safety Services
    • Phone: 540-231-3600  
  • Office of Emergency Management
    • Phone: 540-231-4873
  • Dean of Students Office
    • Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.: 540-231-3787
    • After hours/weekends: 540-382-4343 (via campus police)
  • Schiffert Health Center
    • Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon: 540-231-6444
    • After hours/weekends: 540-231-6444
  • Division of Facilities
    • Technicians are available on most shifts to respond to emergency calls until midnight Monday through Friday and on an on-call basis 24/7.
    • During normal business hours, Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: 540-231-4300
    • To report an emergency outside of normal working hours call Virginia Tech Police at 540-231-6411.
  • Women's Center at Virginia Tech
    • 540-231-7806 or call the 24-hour crisis hotline operated by the Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley at 540-639-1123