Emergency Information

Tulane University is currently operating under normal conditions.

On Friday, December 6th, 2019 at 12 p.m., the Tulane University Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response, in cooperation with the Tulane University Police Department, will conduct a 5- to 10-minute test of Tulane's outdoor warning sirens and emergency notification system (phone call, text message, and email). These are all part of a communication protocol that we may use in the event of an emergency.

The tones are distinct and very loud, and will be followed by a voice announcement. Although the sirens are intended to warn people who are outside of buildings, they will probably be audible to most building occupants depending on ambient noise levels. TUPD will have personnel near the sirens to monitor that they functioning properly, as well as answer any questions pedestrians in the area may have.

If you have the ALERTUS software installed on your computer, you should see a message on your screen during the test. When an emergency text or email message is issued, the ALERTUS software receives the message from university servers and displays the message on users' computer screens. Users must acknowledge the message before they can continue to use their computers. Click here for more information on placing ALERTUS on your computer.

Update Your Contact Information:
Students, faculty and staff are automatically enrolled as a recipient of TUAlerts through Everbridge. To ensure you receive our TUAlerts please update your contact information using the below steps.

Staff & Faculty should update their contact information by logging onto Gibson, clicking on the Employee Self-Service tab, then the Tulane Employee Self-Service tab, and then proceeding to the Personal Information tab.

Students should update their information by logging on to Gibson and clicking on the Update Address, Phone & Email tab.

Students, faculty and staff are also encouraged to download the free Everbridge mobile app in order to receive emergency push alerts. When logging on please use your Tulane login information. To download the Everbridge app for iPhone click here and for Android, click here.

Feel free to contact Donald Veals, Manager of Emergency Preparedness and Response, if you have any questions: donald@tulane.edu or 504-862-8266.

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Please consult this Web page for updated information on university operations or call the Tulane Alert Line at 504-862-8080, or 877-862-8080 (toll-free). Additionally, circumstances permitting, the university will alert faculty, staff and students of threats or emergencies via email, phone and desktop messages. For more information about Tulane employees and students receiving alerts, and also periodic updates for parents, visit Tulane's Emergency Communication Systems website.

You can also follow Tulane and TulaneEmergency on Twitter.