Emergency alert test scheduled Thursday

Jan. 21, 2025

The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks will test its emergency notification system on Thursday, Jan. 30. Between 1 and 2 p.m., employees and students at all UAF locations, including community campuses and rural sites, will receive one or more test messages. Visitors may also see or hear test messages. All test messages will note that they are part of the emergency notification test.

The test messages will come in a variety of ways:

  • Calls or voice mail messages to on-campus telephones
  • Calls and text messages to mobile or home phones
  • Announcements on loudspeakers
  • Messages on yellow Alertus emergency beacons
  • Computer screen pop-ups
  • Emails
  • Social media

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