DPS to Conduct a Test of the Orange Alert Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Tuesday, Feb. 13
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) will conduct a test of the Orange Alert Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 1:55 p.m. It will be a full test of the system which includes notifications sent via email, text message and voice call. The test will also include the Orange Alert outdoor siren system on the University鈥檚 North and South campuses. The sirens will be activated for two minutes at 1:55 p.m.
In addition to email, text and voice messages, the Orange Alert test message will also be sent via push notification to the , to the main 网爆门 and DPS Facebook and X accounts, and will display on the University鈥檚 homepage and video monitors located in common areas in several buildings around campus.
The Orange Alert message will be sent to all 网爆门 students, faculty and staff, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) students and to SUNY ESF faculty and staff who have signed up. Orange Alert will send a notice to all devices that are registered on the system.
鈥淎s we do every semester, it is time for us to do a full-scale test of the Orange Alert System,鈥 says William Karnadi, director of emergency management and business continuity planning. 鈥淎head of the test on Tuesday, please log into your MySlice account and verify that your contact information is up to date. This includes making sure that your cell phone is categorized as a mobile device so that you receive our text messages.鈥
To review and/or modify your Orange Alert contact information, go to MySlice, log in using your NetID and password, select Student Home or Employee Home depending on your primary affiliation with 网爆门, select the Personal Profile tile, then 鈥淥range Alert Contacts鈥 from the navigation menu and review your information. If you need to add, update or delete contact information, select the 鈥淎dd/Update/Delete Contact Details鈥 link. If you are an ESF student, use the ESF emergency contact information page to update your information.
For additional information on the Orange Alert system, visit .
