Emergency Notification Systems - 79 Resources

Overview
Publications (38)
Presentations (21)
Podcasts (2)
Blogs (18)

Overview

In the aftermath of the tragedy at Virginia Tech and the devastation of Katrina, many of our members have been faced with establishing or improving their campus emergency notification systems. This page was created in an effort to help member institutions strategically establish emergency plans and policies using emergency notification systems.

Articles, Reports and Seminars

The Multi-Dimensional Nature of Emergency Communications Management, EDUCAUSE Review, Jan/Feb 2009
The internal review report for the Communications Infrastructure, University of Virginia,
August 17, 2007
Lessons Learned from the April 16, 2007, Tragedy at Virginia Tech, EDUCAUSE Live! Web Seminar, November 5, 2007

Product Information

There are obviously many more products than there are technologies. We welcome additional submissions to this list.

Policies and Procedures

Institution policies and procedures surrounding emergency notification

Sample of Campus Alert Notification Websites

Please share your institution's alert notification website where more information is available concerning your campus solution to emergency alert notification. Please consider emailing contribute@educause.edu to get your item listed in our library. Many of the sites listed below have also developed FAQ's that other institutions may find useful in the development of their emergency notification system.

Publications (38)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Emergency Notification Systems.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
CSD5226	Governor’s Task Force on Campus Safety: Final Report Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	11/01/2007	458
CSD5232	What if it happens here? Cornell upgrades its emergency plans to meet challenges of health and safety Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/27/2007	492
CSD5304	RFP for Emergency Notification Services RFPs	Community Recommendation	07/17/2007	692
CSD4940	University Campus Safety Final Report Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,795
CSD4987	Lessons From Virginia Tech: A Disaster Alert System That Works Ryan Singel Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	04/18/2007	2,035
CSD4988	Colleges seek better emergency-notification systems Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	05/01/2007	2,266
CSD5011	Roam Secure Vendors	Community Recommendation	07/23/2007	2,062
CSD5095	Virginia Tech Reports on IT Performance During Shootings Paul McCloskey Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/28/2007	2,426
CSD5096	Report of the Virginia Tech Review Panel Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/31/2007	3,064
CSD5098	Student-Initiated Safety Checks Melissa Ezarik Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/24/2006	2,693
CSD5099	UC Berkeley Emergency People Locator System Programs and Projects	Community Recommendation	08/31/2007	2,639
CSD5135	Information and Communications Infrastructure: Confidential Presidential Working Paper Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/17/2007	3,137
CSD5689	Request for Proposal for a Fully Hosted, ASP Emergency and Student Notification System RFPs	Community Contributions	08/18/2009	104

Presentations (21)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Emergency Notification Systems

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
E09_176112	Security Lightning Round David Johnson, Shirley C. Payne, Joseph A. Moreau, Shawn Ellering Presentations and Seminars	EDUCAUSE Annual	11/05/2009	302
SWRC09_48284	The Winds of Change: Information and Communications Technologies in Times of Crisis Barry R. Ribbeck, Rodney J. Petersen and Arnold Gonzalez Presentations/Speeches	Southwest Regional	02/25/2009	426
E08_47728	The 2008 Campus Computing Survey Kenneth C. Green Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	514
WRC09_169738	Building a Fault-Tolerant Emergency Notification System Using Existing System Assets Presentations and Seminars	Western Regional conferences	04/08/2009	485
SERC09_173255	Creating a Business Case for In-Building Wireless Solutions on Campus Presentations and Seminars	Southeast Regional	06/05/2009	172
E08_47739	Emergency Communications Andrew Vernon Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	530
E08_47562	Crisis Communications: The Virginia Tech Response Larry Hincker Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	813
WRC08014	Emergency Communications Management Rodney J. Petersen, Jonathan R. Rood, and Laine Keneller Presentations/Speeches	Western Regional conferences	03/31/2008	394
CSD5425	Emergency Messaging Symposium: UC Davis Presentations/Speeches	Community Recommendation	04/11/2008	518
ENT08020	Emergency Texts: A Reality Check Sheri Thompson Presentations/Speeches	Enterprise Technology	05/28/2008	259
SER08004	Evaluating a Mass Notification Service for Campus-Wide Communication Alan K. Wong and Lori Sundal Presentations/Speeches	Southeast Regional	06/02/2008	255
SER08050	Campus Emergency Notification at UNC - Wilmington Bruce P. Myers and Jonathan Graves Presentations/Speeches	Southeast Regional	06/02/2008	156
LIVE0818	Emergency Preparedness: Leveraging IT for Safety and Security Jay Gruber Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	09/04/2008	436
E08_47633	Campus Emergency Notification at UNC-Wilmington Bruce P. Myers Presentations and Seminars	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/30/2008	245
NMD08006	Emergency Communications Management Mark Katsouros, Richard Hach, William E. Lewis, and Joseph Lalley Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/10/2008	1,237
LIVE0721	Lessons Learned from the April 16, 2007, Tragedy at Virginia Tech Earving L. Blythe Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	11/05/2007	1,278
MAC08059	You've Purchased an Emergency Notification System, Now What? Jill Forrester and Bill Spolitback Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/15/2008	225
NCP08078	Emergency Notification Systems at Tufts and Wesleyan: What We’ve Learned Steve Machuga and Bruce Krasnof Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/10/2008	312
MWR08013	Emergency Notification Systems Carol G. McDonald, Loren Malm, Patrick J. Gossman, Daren Hubbard, Todd Meister, and Kyle Parker Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/17/2008	405
LIVE079	Emergency Notification Systems for a Mobile Community Rodney J. Petersen, Mark Katsouros Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	01/01/2007	2,616
EDU07335	Net@EDU Converged Communications Working Group (Formerly the joint meeting of the ICS and Wireless working groups) Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	11/08/2007	301

Podcasts (2)

Name	Views	Post date
E08 Podcast: Crisis Communications: The Virginia Tech Response Play \| Show Notes \| Download (27.55 MB audio/mpeg)	530	11/17/2008
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #6 - Back To School: Helicopter Parents & Emergency Notification Systems Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.7 MB audio/mpeg)	963	08/14/2008

Blogs (18)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
National Campus Safety and Security Conference Observes That Attention to Cyber Disruptions Inadequate	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/28/2009	178
ECAR Announces New Study on Messaging and Communications	Lisa Gesner, EDUCAUSE	04/02/2009	761
Hazards Summit 2008 White Paper Released	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	10/17/2008	324
Hazards Summit 2008: White paper released	Carie Page, EDUCAUSE	10/17/2008	131
Tune In September 4--Emergency Preparedness: Leveraging IT for Safety and Security	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	08/28/2008	579
The Campus is Under Seige and I go to Facebook???	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/25/2008	525
Hazards_Summit2008: Innovations	Carie Page, EDUCAUSE	08/18/2008	477
Virginia Requires First Warning and Emergency Notification System	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	04/11/2008	1,040
Student complaints after recent notification to evacuate at Arizona State University	Wendy Wigen, EDUCAUSE	11/02/2007	1,012
Tune In Nov. 5: Erv Blythe on IT Lessons from Virginia Tech	Elisa Coghlan, University of Washington	10/30/2007	741
IACLEA Urges Passage of Campus Safety Bill	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	10/16/2007	2,408
Wisconsin Governor's Task Force on Campus Safety	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	09/19/2007	3,914
New Emergency Notification Systems Resource Page Posted on EDUCAUSE Connect	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	08/06/2007	3,853
College of William and Mary Announces Emergency Alert Selection	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	07/16/2007	4,578
Virginia Tech Selects Emergency Communications Program Vendor	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/21/2007	4,683
Webcasts Now Available from 2007 National Campus Security Summit	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/19/2007	4,370
Balancing “Safety” with “Freedom” in Aftermath of Virginia Tech Tragedy	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/19/2007	4,546
May 3: Free Web Seminar on Emergency Notification Systems for a Mobile Community	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	04/27/2007	3,893

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