Student Tribune

Receiving Nationwide Emergency Alerts on Mobile Devices

With wireless devices playing a significant role in our personal and professional lives, the ability to receive relevant and timely information pertaining to emergencies in our community is crucial to our abilities to protect ourselves and loved ones during an emergency.

Both MCC Alert and the MCC Guardian Mobile Safety App are perfect examples of emergency communication platforms designed specifically for the faculty, staff, and students of Monroe Community College, wherein they can receive emergency messages from MCC via MCC Alert and can communicate directly with the Department of Public Safety for both emergency and non-emergency purposes via MCC Guardian. For additional information on MCC Alert and MCC Guardian visit https://www.monroecc.edu/depts/pstd/ and click on the links for MCC Alert and MCC Guardian.

The expansion of emergency communications delivery systems is an ongoing project at the Federal level with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) working in conjunction to provide emergency message communication broadcast capabilities for wireless devices. Attached are two documents you may find valuable pertaining to this effort.

On September 20, 2018 a test of the Nationwide Emergency Alert System will be conducted and will include the broadcast of a test emergency message to your cellular telephone. Your receipt of this message will be dependent upon your cellular telephone carriers' voluntary participation in the program.

The second document is a Consumer Guide published by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that provides you with additional information regarding the Nationwide Emergency Alert System, of which participation by all cellular telephone carriers will be mandatory in 2019.

At times we tend to be overwhelmed with the volume of information that is sent to us via our mobile devices. With that being said, the receipt of timely, relevant, and accurate emergency messaging is an acceptable deviation to the data overload experience.

For additional information on Emergency Communications or to receive individual, group, or Departmental training on the MCC Guardian Mobile Safety App please contact Emergency Manager Chuck DiSalvo at cdisalvo@monroecc.edu or x2926.

Attached Files:
Wireless Emergency Alerts.pdf
Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System to be Conducted on September 20, 2018.pdf

DiSalvo, Charles
Public Safety
09/17/2018