UMKC Alert! — Emergency Information Center

STUDENTS UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION Students register via Pathway to receive emergency text messages Instructions - w/ screen shots Instructions - text only FACULTY/STAFF UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION Faculty and Staff register via UM System WebApps to receive emergency text messages. 1. Use your UMKC User ID and Password to enter the registration page. 2. If you would like to be notified by cell phone and/or text message, enter your information and click "submit changes." - Enter a NUMBER in Cell Phone field to receive notification via cell phone. - Enter a NUMBER in the Text Messaging field to receive notification via text message. MASS NOTIFICATION FAQs Helpful Phone Numbers UMKC Call Center The UMKC Call Center is available for technical assistance at 235-2000. Helpline The UMKC Helpline is available to students for non-technical questions at 235-2222. Human Resources Faculty and staff with non-technical questions can call Human Resources at 235-1621.	News and Updates 1-3-08 UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION NOW Emergency Mass Notification The University of Missouri System recently acquired an automated, rapid notification system to supplement the communication tools currently used to notify students, faculty and staff about campus emergencies and closings, as well as class cancellations due to inclement weather. This new service – referred to as UMKC Alert! – will be available December 1, 2007. The University of Missouri System partnered with 3n, a national provider for mass message notification services. UMKC Alert! will be solely used to notify students, faculty and staff of . . . situations threatening the safety and security of our campuses campus closings due to emergency situations threatening the safety and security of our campuses, including inclement weather class cancellations due to inclement weather UMKC Alert! will not be used for . . . road closings construction notices similar, less-critical announcements general UMKC announcements “Business Interruption” mass e-mail, UMKC Announcements and the UMKC Web site will be used for non-emergency messages. What will change The current mass notification system provides voice and e-mail distribution to umkc.edu e-mail accounts and office phones. UMKC Alert! adds text messages, wireless voice messages, home phones and pagers – carrying the critical message to you where you are. The UMKC Alert! Notification System delivers messages through the following vehicles: Text message – official and personal Cell phone / voicemail – official and personal E-mail – official Wire-line voice – official and personal Pager – official and personal (This delivery option will be added soon. However, you may enter a pager number to be stored in the database.) Updating your information To update your contact information, follow the links in the left column. Existing phone numbers and umkc.edu e-mail accounts have already been entered in the system. Faculty and staff can proceed directly to the registration site by clicking here. Use your UMKC User ID and Password to access the registration page. Students update their information via Pathway. Additional instructions are provided in the left column on this page. To take advantage of additional communication options — such as cell phones and text messaging — you must update your information. The contact information submitted for use with the campus-wide emergency notification system is stored in the Pathway and HR Peoplesoft systems which is protected by multiple layers of physical and technical security. Access to that data is limited to authorized University staff. Your contact information is then transmitted via secure socket layer (SSL) technology to the vendor, 3N Communications. 3N Communications has multiple layers Subscribers to text messaging may incur a charge depending on the contractual terms of their service provider. In order to receive text message notification, each subscriber preferring text messaging must agree to incur any and all cellular phone charges and fees associated with these notifications. By completing the fields, each subscriber agrees to this.of security to protect the data once it is in their system.		Emergency Operations Plan–Executive Summary UMKC Business Interruption Policy (Class cancellation/ campus closing due to inclement weather & campus emergencies) City Resources Prepare Metro KC State Resources Missouri Homeland Security State Emergency Management Agency Federal Resources Homeland Security www.ready.gov American Red Cross US State Department Travel Warnings Center for Disease Control Overseas Security Advisory Council
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