Emergency notifications are used when there is a severe health or safety threat to the entire campus that has not been contained or controlled and when immediate action is required to stay safe (e.g. tornado warning, active shooter, chemical spill impacting public health, etc.). Emergency notifications activate all UGA Alert dissemination methods.
Timely Warnings are used when a situation on or near campus constitutes an ongoing or continuing threat to the campus community. The UGA Police Department sends timely warnings through email and through a push notification in the UGA Safe app.
A Community Notification is a notification or update about an ongoing situation. A Community Notification message is sent when there is a need to quickly update the UGA community about an ongoing situation.
If you are signed up to receive UGA Alert messages with an email address, you will automatically receive Timely Warning and Community Notification emails when issued. You can download the UGA safe app here.
