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This is a test of the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System, in conjunction with a campus-wide Shelter-in-Place Awareness Drill.

The University is conducting its annual UPennAlert Test today.  This annual test satisfies the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Philadelphia Fire Code requirements.

You Do Not Need to Respond.

We are asking all UPennAlert recipients to please take a moment to identify where your building’s “Shelter Areas” are located, to prepare you in the event of an emergency.

• To IDENTIFY your building’s “Shelter Areas” to be used in the event of an emergency, please visit the Public Safety website to view your building’s Emergency Procedures Bulletin and locate your shelter area.

The UPennAlert System is an emergency communications system that allows the University to quickly provide the Penn community and its visitors to our campus with critical information during a major emergency through various methods, including text messages, e-mails, the Penn Siren Outdoor System, the Division of Public Safety website, and other digital displays.

The test today has been conducted on all delivery methods to registered members of the UPennAlert System.  If you did not receive the Alert and are a student, faculty member or staff at Penn follow the instructions below to ensure you are registered.

We use the Penn Siren Outdoor System, PennSOS, which consists of 27 outdoor speakers to send a voice message to the entire community.  We used the siren today to notify everyone, including campus visitors, who may be outside during this test. In the event of a true emergency this would be the quickest way to notify everyone outdoors of an emergency.  As in an actual emergency, today we transmitted a 15-second siren and emergency voice messages to the outdoor campus environment.

When an emergency event unfolds, will you be ready to take the appropriate actions to remain free from harm? Watch a short video to learn about key emergency procedures: Evacuate, Shelter-in-Place, and Lockdown. This animated video will illustrate each of these procedures, and it includes what to do in the event of someone trying to harm others, inside or outside of buildings. This subject matter may be unsettling for some, take care of yourself in watching and connect with support if needed.

We thank you for engaging in being a prepared member of the Penn community.

How to register for UPennAlert:

Students

To stay informed through the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System and to prevent or lift an “Update Required Information” hold, it is essential to keep your student profile updated with the following information via Path@Penn:

1. *UPennAlert Student Mobile Phone Number
2. Permanent Address
3. Learning From Address
4. Emergency & Missing Person Contact

Where can you find instructions to update or add information?

You can find step-by-step instructions on how to update each required item on the Update or Add Your Required Contact Information page.

Staff/Faculty

The UPennAlert System’s effectiveness depends upon the accuracy of recipients’ personal contact information. To register for the system, or to update your contact information, visit the UPennAlert site and follow the link that best applies to you. All information is secure and confidential. If you have any problems updating your personal contact information, please email the Division of Public Safety at the Public Safety Feedback Line. For more information on the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System and Shelter-In-Place, please visit the Public Safety website on how to be PennReady.

All information is secure and confidential. If you have any problems updating your personal contact information, please email the Division of Public Safety at the Public Safety Feedback Line.

For more information on the UPennAlert Emergency Notification System and Shelter-In-Place, please visit the Public Safety website on how to be PennReady.

Penn Guardian:

Also, please remember to download the Penn Guardian app, a service that rapidly provides personal information to the Division of Public Safety during an emergency. Members of the Penn community can build a personal profile with emergency information as well as directly text with PennComm dispatchers. Learn more about this free service on the Penn Guardian site.