Testing of Emergency Notification System

September 19, 2012

To:
University Community

From:
Thomas J. Lawrence, Vice President, Public Safety

Re:
Testing of Emergency Text and Voice Messaging System

Date:
Thursday, September 20, 2012

In order to ensure that all of St. John's University emergency notification systems operate properly, it is necessary that we conduct periodic tests of each system. On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, the Office of Public Safety will perform a TEST of our text and voice messaging capabilities from 2-3 p.m.

All members of the University community who have signed up to receive these emergency messages should receive a test message. Those who do not have text messaging included in their service contracts will not receive text messages, but should receive the voice message. Those who registered a landline telephone number will receive the voice message only.

The message will clearly state that this is only a test. No action will be required of recipients, unless they do not receive the message in the format(s) allowed by their service contract. If you do not receive the test message in the correct format or not at all and you are registered, please call (718) 674-8697.

The safety of all on our campuses remains our highest priority. I'd like to remind you again that you can sign up for emergency voice and text messaging by logging on to UIS and following the prompts there.

Thank you for your continued cooperation in our efforts to protect the safety of our St. John's community.