Communication Methods
Internet
WENS
Emergency Information Line
BERT
Public Address System
Radio Notification
Emergency Radio Notification Network (ERNN)
Web site:
Contact person:
Todd Sigler
Department of Public Safety
(618) 453-3771 (DPS1)
e-mail
Summary:
Southern Illinois University Carbondale has selected a network of locations and personnel on campus to receive SIUC Alerts from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and in turn, notify the occupants of their building of the emergency.
SIUC Alerts are messages about an emergency. The message may alert you to an emergency situation, ask you to take action, or both. Some weather warnings including flash flood, severe thunderstorm, winter storm, and tornado warnings will also be sent as an SIUC Alert. The messages are short (only 160 characters long). For more detailed information, you may need to go to another source of University emergency information.
These messages are communicated through a radio notification system that can reach the Southern Illinois Airport, the SIUC Carterville campus, and Touch of Nature. Over 200 scanners were provided to campus personnel for the network.
You can listen to the SIUC emergency broadcasts on 453.800 MHz.
Please note that no communication distribution method, including the radio network, is infallible. For that reason, SIUC uses redundant systems of emergency communication, including telephone, web, e-mail, text messaging, and person-to person, to distribute news and instructions during an emergency. Before an emergency arrives, please make yourself aware of all of the distribution methods by visiting our Emergency Communications website at www.siuc.edu/emergency.Emergency Phone Numbers
Campus Police - (618) 453-3771
Emergency Information Hotline
(866)264-6420 or (618)453-5375