Student Tribune

Are You Prepared for an Emergency ?

During an emergency situation, clear and direct information as to how you should respond is crucial to your personal safety and security. Public Safety would like to recommend these three methods of emergency communication of which you can send and receive information during an emergency situation regardless of your campus location.

MCC Alert: MCC Alert is an emergency message system that allows the college community to receive critical information and directives from Public Safety via text, e-mail, and telephone call. In an emergency situation, MCC Alerts are broadcast to the college community with important information and instructions designed specifically to enhance your personal safety and security. For more information and to sign up for MCC Alert please visit https://www.monroecc. edu/depts/pstd/mcc-alert-system/

MCC Guardian: MCC Guardian is a mobile safety app available for download to your smart phone from the Apple I-Store or the Google Play Store that will allow you to contact MCC Public Safety for emergency and non-emergency purposes through the single push of a button. MCC Guardian also offers additional features such as the Mobile Safety Timer, Public Safety Tip Line, and the ability to contact 911 in the event of an emergency while off-campus. To learn more about MCC Guardian visit https://www.monroecc.edu/depts/pstd/ and follow the prompts to the MCC Guardian FAQ page.

FEMA Mobile Safety App: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers for download through the Apple I-Store and the Google Play Store the FEMA Mobile Safety App. The FEMA app. is not a replacement for MCC Alert and MCC Guardian but it can be used as a supplement to provide you with critical weather related information, location of shelter facilities, emergency preparedness tips, and the ability to call 911 regardless of your location in the United States and Puerto Rico. For more information on the FEMA Mobile Safety App. please visit https://www.fema.gov/mobile-app

Information is crucial when preparing for, responding to, or recovery from an emergency. Listed above are three methods of emergency communication that are highly recommended by Public Safety to our college community. For questions regarding any of the emergency communication programs listed above please contact Chuck DiSalvo of MCC Public Safety at cdisalvo@monroecc.edu or call x2926.

DiSalvo, Charles
Public Safety
03/02/2018