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Every quarter Campus Safety tests our emergency notification system. These notifications are intended to provide you with important information about a potential threat and any immediate action you should take. Alerts that instruct the community to take action will fall into four categories:

• Lockdown: Applies to threats that are inside (i.e., active shooter/harmer)
  • Necessary actions:Ìý Lock interior doors, turn out lights, move away from sight, do not open the door, maintain silence
• Lockout (uncommon): Applies to outside threats (i.e., nearby disturbance, robbery, report of person with firearm)
  • Necessary actions: Return inside, lock exterior doors, increase situational awareness, business as usual
• Evacuate: Applies to fires, bomb threats, floods (depending upon the situation) and other emergencies
  • Necessary actions: Leave belongings behind, bring your phone, head 50 feet away from the building. Wait for Denver Fire or Campus Safety to declare the building safe to reenter
• Shelter in place: Applies to inclement weather such as tornados and even severe thunderstorms.
  • Necessary actions:ÌýMove indoors if outside. Move to shelter area and keep away from exterior glass.

Another term you might see that is important to know is Active Harmer: A person actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area.

If you would like to receive these alerts to your phone via voice or text messageÌýbut have not signed up, you can do so by visiting .

Fun fact: Signing up for these notifications is also the fastest way to learn if there’s a snow day or campus closure!