May 20, 2014
ßÏÀÖÔ° active shooter drill in progress drill on Friday, May 23
Update 12:00 p.m. May 23, 2014
All clear has been issued and active shooter drill is completed.
Update May 23, 2014 at 10 a.m.
ßÏÀÖÔ°’s active shooter drill is now in progress and includes Student Union and West Hall areas. THIS IS A DRILL. Follow the instructions of police and emergency personnel. More information:The DRILL is being coordinated by ßÏÀÖÔ°’s office of Environmental and Occupational Safety and Lowndes County Emergency Management. The drill will include law enforcement personnel from ßÏÀÖÔ° Police, Valdosta City Police, and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office.
A second notification will be sent on ßÏÀÖÔ°’s Campus Alert issuing an “all clear” when the drill is completed.
Follow, ßÏÀÖÔ°’s Campus Alert on Twitter @Vstatealert.
Posted May 20, 2014
VALDOSTA--ßÏÀÖÔ° will conduct an on-campus “active shooter” drill on Friday, May 23. The exercise is being coordinated by ßÏÀÖÔ°’s office of Environmental and Occupational Safety and Lowndes County Emergency Management. The drill will include law enforcement personnel from ßÏÀÖÔ° Police, Valdosta City Police, and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office.
A notification when the drill begins will be sent to ßÏÀÖÔ° faculty, staff, and students via the Campus Alert System. At the conclusion of the drill, a second notification issuing an “all clear” will also be sent to faculty, staff and students via the Campus Alert System. In addition, notification about the drill will be placed on the ßÏÀÖÔ° website (www.valdosta.edu) and distributed on the university’s primary social media accounts.
The ßÏÀÖÔ° Campus Alert System uses telephone numbers (voice and SMS/text) that have been entered in the Banner (students) and ADP (faculty and staff) systems. All ßÏÀÖÔ° email addresses (@valdosta.edu) are included in ßÏÀÖÔ° emergency alerts. For more information, visit the Campus Alert System website:
Information regarding emergency preparedness is available on the office of Environmental and Occupational website:
Specific information and instructions for dealing with an active shooter/intruder are also available on the website:
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