What is UNL Alert?
UNL Alert sends emergency messages to devices and addresses you designate: cell phones (text and voice), landline phones, PDAs, two-way radios, and e-mail addresses.
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Why does UNL Alert exist?
Redundant, overlapping and consistent communication is an important component of any emergency plan. UNL Alert is designed to help facilitate early notification during emergencies. Sending the same messages using multiple modes and methods helps assure that those affected have access to warning messages and alerts to help keep them safe.
When will UNL Alert be activated?
UNL Police will determine when UNL Alert will send emergency notices.
What will happen when UNL Police issue a notice?
UNL Alert will begin sending thousands of messages and phone calls simultaneously to individuals' choosen contact devices.
What should you do when an alert notice arrives?
Take the appropriate actions based on the notice. If it asks you to confirm receipt of the message, please do so. The message will be coming from phone number 472-9111, and it would be useful to enter this phone number into your contacts list if you can.
How many contacts has UNL Alert made?
The most recent UNL Alert event was a tornado warning issued June 11, with tornadoes sighted in the vicinity of campus.
UNL Alert made 16,742 contacts.
It reached:
- 5,138 phone call 'live answers'
- 2,602 answering machines
- 5,697 e-mails
- 3,251 text messages
- 13 pages
- 41 faxes
The system made 95 percent of its phone calls successfully.
Today at the University
Saturday November 07, 2009
- The University is operating on a normal schedule.
- Classes and events are taking place as scheduled.
- View the UNL Events Calendar
In an emergency
During an emergency situation involving the campus, UNL's main Web site may convert to a low bandwidth version, free of the majority of graphics to ease transmission and server load. The emergency Web site will be a primary mode of communication, to be continually updated.
The UNL Emergency Site is located at http://emergency.unl.edu
During an emergency, our goal is to communicate first with those most immediately impacted; people who need to evacuate or seek medical treatment.
University Communications leads the communications response during and after emergencies, factually assessing each situation, developing the communications response, and assembling a crisis communications team. The goal is to provide accurate and timely information to minimize rumors and restore order and confidence.
During an emergency, the UNL community and general public may receive information through the Web, e-mail, telephone, and the media.
News information about current or recent emergencies on campus and updates on the University's emergency management activities. Members of the media (link to media emergency contact site) can find information 24/7. Up-to-date university information is provided at UNL Today.
