September 4, 2015

UW indoor alert test Sept. 9 on Seattle campus

The UW’s indoor alert system will be tested Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. in buildings across the Seattle campus. The indoor alerts are part of the campus emergency notification system.

The test will last about 15 minutes and could include voice announcements, tones and horns, depending on the building.

The purpose of this system-wide test is to make sure each building is receiving the alert broadcast and that alerts are clear and understandable to the people inside. Campus building coordinators will be on hand to evaluate the alert transmissions to their buildings and report back.

Other campus alerts include an outdoor network of blue tower emergency phones that also broadcast messages, plus text messages and emails from UW Alert. This indoor test will be held annually; this is the first year it’s been tested during business hours.

More information is on the UW’s emergency blog.