How Will You Be Notified
Technology alerts
Text message MCCCD ALERTS
- All students and employees are enrolled in a text-message RAVE ALERT notification system that sends messages with key directives in the event of incidents affecting the health and safety of people on campus/site.
- The ALERTS are issued in a specific format that make it clear you are being notified of an emergency MCCCD ALERT). The alerts provide directives with which you are expected to comply (see Understanding Key Messages).
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It is important to keep your contact information updated in SIS (students) and HCM (employees) – especially mobile devices and e-mail addresses – in order to fully utilize the emergency notification system.
Update Your Contact Info:
| Students | Student Information System (SIS) |
| Employees (Faculty & Staff) | Human Capital Management (HCM) |
E-mail notifications
- E-mail notifications are an important communication tool for all emergencies. In the event of a major emergency, e-mail will be supported by other communication tools.
Audible alerts
Loudspeaker
- Some locations are equipped with public address systems which will be used to issue official directives to students and employees in the event of an emergency. Students and employees are expected to understand and comply with directives (see Understanding Key Messages).
Bullhorn
- To support or in place of loudspeakers, bullhorns may be used to issue directives to students and employees in the event of an emergency.
Sirens
- At some locations, sirens may be used to indicate an evacuation.
Visual alerts
ALERT Beacons
All college campuses are equipped with Alert Beacons which will be used to issue official directives to students and employees in the event of an emergency.
| Notifications | Description | Video Demonstration |
|---|---|---|
| EMERGENCY |
Initial message with instructions related to the event with lights and sound indicators. The sound indicators will be turned off when law enforcement arrives on scene, but the message and lights indicator will remain active until the ALL CLEAR notification is issued. |
https://youtu.be/1qdJbejAiVo |
| ALL CLEAR |
Final event message indicating the scene is secure and the event has ended and normal operations can resume. Different lights and sound indicators will be used to indicate a change from the EMERGENCY notification. |
https://youtu.be/t7jNpkUZGpQ |
ALERT Flashing strobes
- At various locations, flashing strobes indicate an incident has or is about to occur in an immediate area. The strobes are supported by electronic message boards that provide directives for evacuation, lockdown, or shelter in place. Students and employees are expected to comply with these directives.
Message boards
- Electronic message boards are used in some locations to provide directives regarding evacuation, lockdown, and shelter-in-place. These boards may also be used to relay messages directly from a college or District website to provide more detailed information.
Person to person directives
from District Policer Officers or other authorized personnel
Door-to-door
- Police Officers or other authorized personnel may make door-to-door notifications to classrooms and learning spaces. Faculty and staff who work in these areas are trained by MCCCD Police Department as to the official procedures in the event of a variety of potential incidents.
Direct phone calls
- Police Officers or other authorized staff may make direct phone calls to specific areas in the event of an emergency. Employees in the area being contacted will be given as much information as possible and are expected to comply with official directives.
Phone trees
- Each Department at every location is required to have a notification phone tree to deploy in the event of a major emergency. The contact information and Department protocols are additionally provided to the District Police Department.
Media – local TV and radio (as appropriate)
Understanding Key Messages
- Advisory: for informational purposes of an incident on or near a campus which may impact normal operations.
- Alert: notification of an emergency situation that may impact life safety.
- Evacuate: to leave a room/building/campus in a timely and orderly manner.
- Lockdown: to secure an area by locking doors, windows, and barricading oneself to block entry to a room/building/campus.
- Persons with Disabilities: Persons with disabilities need to work with his/her instructor and/or supervisor to ensure that a person in the same or adjacent area is assigned to provide assistance.
- Shelter-in-place (also Secure-in-Place): to take immediate shelter where you are - at home, work, school or in between - usually just for a few hours.