CUNY A!ert Status
This week will see the final steps taken in our go-live plan for the CUNY Alert System with the State Emergency Management Office (SEMO). While SEMO had several remaining tasks to complete before activating the system, most were accomplished by close of business on Friday, March 14th.
By now, several members of your campus community have received training on how to create an emergency alert message. CIS staff is currently verifying that these individuals have received their system credentials to log on to the system and are prepared to generate an alert message if necessary.
Working with your trained administrators, we are planning a system-wide test message to be sent out tomorrow March 18. At that time, one of your school’s administrators will sign in and generate a pre-approved alert message provided below:
This is a test of the CUNY Alert system. This is NOT an emergency. CUNY Alert has now been activated. For the purpose of this text you will only receive this message via email.
If this had been an actual emergency, Brooklyn College would use CUNY Alert to provide you with important information about an actual emergency on campus.
You may receive this message more than once if you provided more than one email address or selected more than one campus when you signed up. Go to https://www.cuny.edu/alert anytime to manage your alert contact information.
Please encourage others to sign up for CUNY Alert at https://www.cuny.edu/alert |
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Frequently Asked Questions
about CUNY A!ert
How to Sign Up
To sign up for CUNY A!ert at your campus visit www.cuny.edu/alert for step-by-step instructions. You'll be asked to provide at least one email address. You may also include a cell phone number and a provider to receive text message alerts and a phone number, either cell or land line, to receive voice alerts. You may list one phone number for each of these options, but you should be aware that the alert system will attempt to contact every number you list. Therefore, we advise that you list your preferred number for text messaging and/or your preferred number for voice messages. We suggest that you avoid using a CUNY phone number so that you can be reached at all times.
Are all CUNY campuses participating in CUNY A!ert?
Yes. All students, faculty and staff are urged to sign up for CUNY A!ert at your campus.
When and how can students, faculty and staff sign up?
To sign up for CUNY A!ert at your campus log on to www.cuny.edu/alert and follow the instructions. Enrolled students, including continuing education students, faculty, staff and other members of the campus community, are eligible to sign up.
What are the benefits of CUNY A!ert? CUNY A!ert provides a secure, web-based emergency alert system for the entire CUNY campus system.
- CUNY A!ert is an opt-in system, which means you choose to participate, and you select the way you want to be notified.
- CUNY A!ert is available to you even if you are presently registered with another emergency notification system.
What types of "Emergency Messages" may I receive?
Primarily, you may receive messages for emergency events. Here are a few examples:
- Weather – severe weather conditions to include flooding, snow/ice/cold, thunderstorm, wind, tornado or hurricane.
- Fire – fire to building(s), wildfires, local community or industry that endangers a campus.
- Bomb Threat/Suspicious Package – based on intelligence that indicates the threat is credible.
- Civil Disturbance – large group disrupting normal campus activities.
- Hazardous Material - dangerous or hazardous material incident that may pose a risk to the college community
- Major Road Closing/Off Campus Incident – unanticipated external event that would disrupt safe passage to and from a campus.
- Medical Emergency – epidemic or event with mass casualties.
- Personal Safety – situations that include use of weapons, violence, perpetrator(s) at large, active shooter, hostage situation or missing persons. Any situation on or off campus that constitutes an ongoing or continuing threat to person or property.
- Utility Failure – a major disruption or damage to utilities including gas, electricity or water.
Depending upon the severity of the incident, CUNY A!ert messages can range from specific instructions to general warnings. These notifications will be sent to members of your campus community who have signed up for CUNY A!ert. Messages can be received via preferred phone (text and/or voice), telephone and e-mail. You must “opt in” to receive alerts. The CUNY A!ert system will be operational in early 2008 on all campuses after an initial sign-up period.
To sign up for CUNY A!ert at your campus visit www.cuny.edu/alert for step-by-step instructions. You'll be asked to provide at least one email address and may also provide up to 3 phone numbers to receive audio and text message alerts. Alerts will be sent to all registered phone numbers and email addresses that you provide. Therefore, we advise that you list your preferred number for text messaging and/or your preferred number for voice messages. We suggest that you avoid using a CUNY phone number so that you can be reached at all times. |
