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Emergency Notifications

Emergency notifications will be sent via phone, text message, email, and/or posted on the College website.

Text Alerts

We partner with Everbridge, which allows us to send messages if there is a crisis on campus. All students will automatically be uploaded into the system, and faculty and staff can register to receive messages in BIONIC.

The information for this system comes directly from BIONIC. Those wishing to receive text messages should ensure their cell phone information is entered in BIONIC.

  1. On the Self-Service page in BIONIC, in the "Personal Information" box, click on the "Personal Information Summary" link.
  2. Select the "Change Phone Numbers" button under the "Phone Numbers" grid.
  3. Select the "Add Phone Number" button to add the cell phone number for emergency notification.
  4. Click the Save button.

Emergency Notification Information

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What to do when you receive an emergency notification message?

Listen/Acknowledge/Await

Listen to the message.

Press #1 to hear

Acknowledge it.

Press #1 to acknowledge.

The emergency notification system will alternately try to reach you by telephone, email, and text message until you acknowledge the contact. Confirm receipt of the message, and the system will stop attempting to contact you.

Await further instructions.

Please do not call Campus Safety unless you have situational update information.

When there is a true emergency on campus, the dispatcher in Campus Safety is inundated with calls directly related to effective response to the emergency: for example, calls from the police and witnesses, as well as coordination of responding officers. Calls from community members wanting more details or making routine inquiries interfere with a prompt, effective response.

Please do not call Campus Safety during the emergency unless you have information directly relevant to the emergency.

In addition, if you see on your phone that you have a missed call from Campus Safety — please check for messages before calling them.

Go to the Emergency Response Guide

More Emergency Notifications

  • Students - Student phone numbers have already been entered into the Everbridge system. However, if the number changes, we urge students to update their emergency notification phone number in .
  • Faculty and Staff - Log into , select Self Service, then "Phone Numbers," and then select "Add a Phone Number" to be added to the Everbridge Emergency Notification System.
  • The siren may be used with the emergency notification system, but this is determined case-by-case.
  • If you hear the siren, seek shelter and stay alert for the emergency notification message.
  • For weather updates and emergency updates: 610-526-7310.
  • In addition to these steps, a recorded message may be placed on the Emergency Hotline (extension 7310), and information may be posted on the College's homepage.
  • In the event of an immediate hazard or a serious threat to campus safety, a text message would be sent out via Everbridge, and a public alert siren would be sounded. Instructions will follow the siren. When the crisis has passed, an all-clear will be sounded.

Please refer to the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Emergency Response Guide for more information.

Emergency Response Guide

Our Emergency Response Guide outlines various safety and communication systems to help you respond to an on-campus emergency. 

Go to the Emergency Response Guide
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Contact Us

Campus Safety Department

John Maloney Memorial Building
Phone: (610) 526-7911

Lil Burroughs
Bi-Co Executive Director, Campus Safety
Phone: (610) 526-7911