1. Technological Challenges & Alert System Presented by: Cindy Lawson

2. Organizational Issues Tracking Media queries, requests for interviews, etc. Managing Web traffic Managing overloaded phone lines

3. Organizational Issues Activating & updating a “blind site” Monitoring media coverage Monitoring offers of help and assistance PIER

4. Methods for Communicating

5. Siren (blast or verbal) Emergency information hotline Reverse 911 – broadcast voicemails Short wave radio & dedicated frequencies

6. Methods for Communicating Marquee Blast E-mail Emergency information Website (“blind”) Satellite phones

7. Methods for Communicating Emergency alert text messaging Cable TV interruption message (audio and scrolling messages) Pop-up alerts on campus computers

8. Methods for Communicating Stadium broadcasting systems LCD’s in classrooms and hallways PA systems (“blue lights”)

9. Methods for Communicating A dedicated cable channel for video feeds/updates to all dorm rooms RSS feeds to internet subscribers YouTube, MySpace and FaceBook

10. Methods for Communicating Campus advisories posted in buildings Community meetings Media alerts

11. Methods for Communicating Residence hall assistants Chalking Posters, newsletters, etc.

12. What if the Infrastructure is Disabled?

13. Do you know which phones will still work? Do you have alternate communications? – Satellite phones – Bull horns – Battery-operated radios (transmitters & receivers) Back-up server capabilities

14. What if the Infrastructure is Disabled? Facilities personnel – room by room Dispatch (campus buses) What other systems could be deployed?

15. Which Media Outlets Have Back-up Generators?

16. Issues with “New Media” Cell Phones, text messaging, Blackberries and Qs iReport (CNN) – Phones with cameras Blogs on media sites and elsewhere YouTube, FaceBook, My Space