Campus emergency systems test scheduled for Sept. 2
McMaster will test its emergency notification systems Tuesday, Sept. 2, beginning at 10 a.m.
Some of the activity will be audible to local residents and businesses, however no action is required and campus activity should proceed as normal.
The test will involve a number of components:
- Sounding the outdoor emergency siren alert system
- Verbal messages on outdoor red assistance phones
- Testing LCD screens with audible/visual alerts (screens are located in each academic building)
- Testing McMaster’s Emergency Mass Notification System with an SMS text message to all subscribers
- Testing McMaster’s mobile safety app
- Testing of the desktop notification on public computers
Read: McMaster’s Emergency Guidebook
When used during a real emergency, the siren alert system indicates that campus is in lockdown mode. In the event of a lockdown, the campus community should take shelter in the nearest room, close all entry doors and ensure the locks are fastened. They should remain quiet, act as if no one is in the room and remain still until emergency responders provide the all-clear.
Security Services operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from the University’s Communications Centre, located in the E.T. Clarke building.
Take a look at McMaster’s Security Services operations in the video below:
