The spring semester test of the WSU Alert System on the Pullman campus Tuesday, March 6, reached 16,280 students, faculty and staff within five minutes via text, phone and email, the Office of Emergency Management announced.
The campus-wide electronic door locking test also was considered a success.
WSU tested its electronic locks on doors associated with the Cougar Card and Veterinarian Medicine system, locking roughly 3300 electronic door locks.
Manual door locks were not included as part of this test. An all clear message was sent at noon indicating the test was over and normal operations were to resume on the Pullman campus.
During an actual emergency like a hostile intruder, you should assess your situation:
- Run to a safe place (get away if it is safe to do so)
- Find a space with a lockable door (classrooms and offices)
- Lock the door
- Cover the windows as well as possible
- Silence all audio devices (phones)
- Turn off lights
- Quietly form a plan to attack if an intruder enters your space with hostile intent
WSU encourages students, faculty and staff to be personally aware of developing incidents, assessing each emergency individually and taking actions to ensure the safety of all.
WSU Police regularly conduct Hostile Intruder trainings. For more information on receiving this training, please call 335-8548. If you would like additional offsite training, Vivid Learning Systems has a free, online hostile intruder training available at https://vividlearningsystems.com/active-shooter-preparedness.
If you feel as though you should have received an emergency notification today, please check to make sure your contact information is correct in the Emergency Contact link found at myWSU. If you would like to receive emergency notifications, please visit myWSU and access that link to complete your registration. To view current alerts, please visit https://alert.wsu.edu/ and see oem.wsu.edu for emergency preparedness tips.
Lastly, we encourage your feedback in completing a short survey about the WSU Alert notification system, and what can be done to improve the safety of WSU. Please follow the link below to provide your much appreciated feedback.
