What constitutes an “Emergency” on a SUNY campus?
A list of categories, representing the most common types of notification alerts, was developed as a guide for campus notifiers. However, any emergency where the health and/or human safety on a SUNY campus is in question constitutes an “Emergency”. The list that was developed is: • Bomb Threat – based on intelligence that indicates the threat is credible. • Civil Disturbance – large group disrupting normal campus activities. • Fire – large-scale fire to building(s), wildfires, local community or industry that endangers campus. • Hazardous Material – dangerous material, chemical, biological, nuclear spreading from a contained area. • Major Road Closing/Incident – unanticipated event that would disrupt safe passage to and from campus. • Medical Emergency – pandemic or an 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, in th
