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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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December 14, 2007
2 Students Killed in 'Home Invasion' at Louisiana State U.
Two foreign Ph.D. students at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge were killed last night during what a university official described as a “home invasion” in an apartment building on the campus, according to the Web site of WDSU, a local television station. No suspects have been identified in the deaths, and in an announcement on its Web site, the university is urging people to “use caution when moving about campus this morning.”
The university said it had attempted to notify people on the campus about the homicides by sending emergency text messages, e-mail alerts, and voice-mail warnings. But according to another university announcement, not everyone who had signed up for the text-messaging system received a message. LSU said it was working with the system’s provider to deal with the problem.
In the aftermath of last April’s mass shooting at Virginia Tech, which led to criticism of how that institution had notified its campus about the emergency, many colleges have stepped up their alert systems. —Andrew Mytelka
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When there is a perceived immediate threat to the college community, why not use civil defense sirens to notify everyone to take cover? Use of the sirens certainly works during a tornado.
Making sure that everyone gets a personal message seems too complex and uncertain—someone in bed or in the shower would not get a text message or voice mail, but sirens get everyone’s attention right away.
— PJ Dec 14, 08:43 PM #
This is by far the best suggestion I have seen in recent months. We have mobile security trucks with sirens on them…far more effective than e-mail or texting.
— DB Dec 20, 02:55 PM #