Temple University’s campus emergency notification system has been developed to create the safest possible environment for the campus community. Effective and reliable mass notification has become a fundamental aspect of university security. Ensuring the safety of our campus community and students is vital. Temple University’s Emergency Communication Plan should
help to ensure a comprehensive, coordinated approach to communications that will:

• Disseminate clear and accurate information to interested constituencies and the public at large
• Assist in the management of crises
• Provide direction to faculty, staff, and students
• Reduce rumor and uncertainty

TU Emergency Siren

The Temple University emergency siren is utilized only in instances that pose catastrophic and immediate life threatening situations. The siren signifies a need for all to shelter in place immediately, unless otherwise directed. In addition to sounding the siren, a TU Alert will be sent out and incident updates will be posted to the university web site. The TU Siren engages for 3 minutes.

TU Alert

The TU-Alert notification is Temple University’s communication plan in the event of a campus emergency requiring immediate action on the part of the campus community.  Testing of the TU-Alert system is a critical to ensuring its effectiveness and is conducted each semester. 

In the event of an actual emergency where immediate notification to students and employees is required, Temple will use TU-Alert to notify the campus community in several ways:

• An e-mail will be sent to all student and employee TU mail accounts
• A voice message and text message will be sent to all registered cell phones
• A voice message will be sent to all registered landlines

In addition to the TU-Alert notifications, a yellow bar will be placed across the top of the Temple home page at www.temple.edu. This bar will link to an emergency notification page with the additional information.

How to Register:
Members of the Temple community who wish to have an emergency notification sent directly to their cell phone or landline must register their emergency information on OWLnet.  If you have not already done so, please take a moment now to register to receive cell phone text messaging and / or voice mail notification.  Follow the links below to sign up for TU-Alert today.

Students:
1 . Log onto owlnet.temple.edu.
2.   Click on the Update Address tab at the top of the screen
3.   Click on Emergency Notification on the left menu
4.   Follow the instructions to fill in your information
5.   When you have finished, click  on GO

Faculty and Staff:
1.   Log onto ess.temple.edu
2.   Under the My Profile section on the left, click on Emergency Notification
3.   Follow the instructions to fill in your information in section 1 or section 2
4.   When you have finished, click on update. Enter your AccessNet password and click on Confirm

TU Advisory

TU Advisory is used to communicate information regarding an incident or incidents that occur on, or around campus, which is significant, yet does not warrant immediate action. The Temple community receives TU Advisories via their Temple email account. There is no need to register for a TU Advisory.