What is SUNY NY-Alert?
SUNY New York Alert is a system to allow SUNY campuses to warn students, employees, visitors, and parents of an impending emergency and provide timely information to protect lives and minimize campus disruption. Messages can be received via cell phone (text and/or voice), telephone, email, and fax. Participants will need to sign up to receive notification alerts, and choose the format they would like to receive messages in at the time they sign up.
SUNY NY-Alert is a system to allow SUNY campuses to warn students, employees, visitors, and parents of an impending emergency and provide timely information to protect lives and minimize campus disruption. Messages can be received via cell phone (text and/or voice), telephone, email, and fax. Participants will need to sign up to receive notification alerts, and choose the format they would like to receive messages in at the time they sign up. Authorized and trained personnel on SUNY campuses administer the SUNY NY-Alert system. They can send emergency messages, such as emergency protective actions, warnings and post-incident information, whenever needed. In the current phase of the project, these messages are sent to all the members of the campus population who have signed up for SUNY NY-Alert, but in Phase 2 campus personnel will be able to direct messages to specific targeted audiences, such as students or faculty.
SUNY NY-ALERT is an emergency alert system based on the NY-ALERT system established by the New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO). SUNY campuses can use the SUNY NY-ALERT system to send emergency and safety information and protective action messages, to students, employees, and visitors to protect lives and well-being, protect assets and minimize campus disruption.
