{"id":164027,"date":"2020-09-03T07:59:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=164027"},"modified":"2020-09-04T08:04:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:04:22","slug":"uconn-test-campus-emergency-systems-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2020\/09\/uconn-test-campus-emergency-systems-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn to Test Campus Emergency Systems on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut will test its emergency notification and alerting system, UConnALERT, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 12:25 p.m., on all campuses.<\/p>\n<p>The test involves multiple messaging platforms. A notice will be posted on the UConn Alert website (<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Falert.uconn.edu&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstephanie.reitz%40uconn.edu%7C2c8c2150e6e64347ec7008d7b0a37e61%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637172088551509037&amp;sdata=yi%2Fzlyv7l8N%2Fey8L6QoRklzhIjH63gr0jPfuyAcJo7Y%3D&amp;reserved=0\">alert.uconn.edu<\/a>); an email will be sent to all students, faculty, and staff; and posts will appear on the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUConn%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstephanie.reitz%40uconn.edu%7C2c8c2150e6e64347ec7008d7b0a37e61%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637172088551519031&amp;sdata=Wz6wsldgKxBN3yvPMMDxl9l6ZccuhC2Td573xsWEYDk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fuconn&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstephanie.reitz%40uconn.edu%7C2c8c2150e6e64347ec7008d7b0a37e61%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637172088551519031&amp;sdata=EZ59WU2hrE%2B3N3X9GL%2FfPJW6jN6sB09ozDH2gpSWelU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Twitter<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, cell phone numbers registered with the UConnALERT system will receive text messages. On the Storrs campus only, outdoor sirens will be tested with an audible tone.<\/p>\n<p>This test includes emergency notifications at UConn Health in addition to the Storrs and regional campuses.<\/p>\n<p>In an actual emergency, information will be updated regularly through the UConn Alert website at <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=alert.uconn.edu&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cstephanie.reitz%40uconn.edu%7C2c8c2150e6e64347ec7008d7b0a37e61%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637172088551539020&amp;sdata=kmy5LftGMhwFl9I%2FugP7uTlMcAxTO2WS%2B%2B%2BX4vHsRCg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">alert.uconn.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, and staff should visit this site to register for cell phone text alerts, update their contact information, and obtain information related to emergency procedures and campus safety.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UConn will conduct a test of its emergency notification system on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":113685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,92,174,2225,90,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-164027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-avery-point","category-uconn-hartford","category-uconn-stamford","category-uconn-storrs","category-uconn-waterbury","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 19:26:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164028,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164027\/revisions\/164028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/113685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164027"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=164027"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=164027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}