Office of Emergency Preparedness adds emergency notification system

(May 15, 2002)--The UTSA Office of Emergency Preparedness recently added an automatic notification system that can call large groups of people at the same time in case of a university emergency. The "Notifier" system has the ability to make more than 1,000 phone calls within less than 15 minutes.

"This system will enable the Office of Emergency Preparedness to better inform members of the Tri-Campus community whenever there is a potentially dangerous situation," said George Powers, chief of UTSA police. "The system can even tell us whether or not the call was received."

The Notifier also has the capability to deliver an interactive message where the call recipient provides feedback to confirm receiving the call.

It can also be used to complete a wide range of tasks including contacting emergency-response teams during an emergency or providing scheduled informational calls to the university community on issues such as emergency preparedness and procedures.

As part of ongoing emergency-preparedness training, the Notifier system will be tested in various scenarios across the Tri-Campus community.

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