IU to test campus emergency alert system

IU-Bloomington will conduct a test of the IU-Notify system at about noon Friday, the University announced today.

"In the event of an emergency affecting Indiana University, the safety and well-being of our students, faculty and staff are of paramount importance," said Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson in a press release.

"On Friday, we will conduct a test of emergency communications systems now in place on the Bloomington campus," she said in the release. "We will activate test messages and distribute them by telephone calls, text messages, e-mails, and campus loud speakers, using contact information supplied to the university for this specific purpose by faculty, staff and students. The system depends upon cooperation from all of us to make sure contact information is accurate and up-to-date. I urge everyone who has not signed up for emergency notification to do so."

Only the staff, faculty and students who have updated their contact information on OneStart will receive the notifications.
The test will occur in conjunction with the monthly outdoor warning system test, according to the press release. Friday's test will be louder than in the past because two new sirens have been added to campus – one on top of Foster Quad and the other on top of the Indiana Memorial Union. Another siren will be added this fall in the area of East 17th Street and North Jordan Avenue, for a total of six units on campus.

At the end of the siren test, there will be a public address announcement notifying those on campus that an IU-Notify test occurred. There also will be a campus cable TV override informing subscribers that a test of the IU-Notify system has been engaged.