On Friday, April 13, 2018 Nicole Hawley joined our Emergency Management team as a Program Specialist.   Nicole comes to us from the City of Hartford, where over the past 10 years she held various roles, including Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the City of Hartford Health and Human Services Department. During her time there, […]

March 20, 2018 – Angelina Reyes – UConn Communications  You’re not alone in checking weather forecasts for updates on the latest nor’easter. UConn officials are, too. Although predictions for Wednesday’s snow accumulation may be in flux, preparations are not. (Video by UConn)   You’re not alone in checking weather forecasts for information on the […]

March 20, 2018 – UConn Chief of Police Hans Rhynhart, UConn Fire Chief Gregory Priest, and Interim Director of Emergency Management Chris Renshaw On Tuesday, March 20, between noon and 1 p.m., the University will conduct a regular test of its Emergency Alert System. If you’re a student, faculty member, or staff member at Storrs, a regional […]

By Anna Zarra Aldrich News   The University of Connecticut will implement the use of alert sirens during its semesterly emergency alert system test at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday. “The big change to the way that we’re notifying (the UConn community) is by incorporating the outdoor notification siren system,” Captain Chris Renshaw, the fire and police […]

Starting this fall on the Storrs campus, the UConnALERT notification system will include the use of outdoor sirens any time an emergency alert is issued. Each siren will emit a loud, waveform tone to alert anyone in hearing distance that an incident is occurring that presents an immediate danger to health and safety. The sirens […]

The Office of Emergency Management is excited to announce that parents, local businesses, visitors, community partners and others can now get the same UConn Alert text messages that students, faculty, and staff receive in the event of emergencies or other urgent situations.   Previously, messages about incidents ranging from weather-related schedule changes to power outages […]

UConn’s Office of Emergency Management has developed a short, new video detailing how to survive if you are caught in an active threat situation. The new video features guidelines put forth by the Department of Homeland Security in a format that is easy to digest and less than one minute long. It is the first […]

Sent on Behalf of University Information and Technology Services (UITS) — To the University Community,   University Information Technology Services (UITS) would like to draw your attention to the risks of email phishing scams, including one that occurred yesterday. In that instance, the phishing scam involved an email that appeared to come from Payroll with […]