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Emergency Communication

The University of Texas at Arlington employs a multi-tiered emergency communication system to keep our community informed about emergency situations and rapidly changing conditions—from hazardous weather and campus closures to building emergencies and life-threatening criminal activity. Keeping individual emergency contact information current at all times is critical to our ability to ensure that students and employees can be contacted quickly during an emergency.

Students should update their emergency contact information through MyMav at uta.edu/mymav.

Employees should verify and update contact information through MyMav or via UT Direct.

Students, faculty, and staff MUST ENTER A MOBILE PHONE NUMBER in their online record if they wish to receive MavAlert emergency notifications as text or voice messages via their mobile phones.

The multi-tiered Emergency Communication System includes:

  • Outdoor Warning System. This system is activated by campus police dispatchers in the event of a life-threatening emergency. The University’s Outdoor Warning System consists of a combination of chimes and live or prerecorded announcements. Weather permitting, this system is tested at 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month. The UT Arlington test is followed by a 1 p.m. test of City of Arlington outdoor warning sirens.
  • Building annunciation system. University police dispatchers may make announcements over interior speaker systems in campus buildings during an emergency.
  • Public address system via police vehicles. UT Arlington police may broadcast emergency messages from patrol vehicles.
  • MavAlert Emergency Notifications. MavAlert messages may be sent in the event of a life-threatening emergency via text message, email, and telephone. Students and employees are expected to periodically update their online records with current phone numbers, email addresses, and other text messaging devices to ensure timely delivery of emergency MavAlert messages.
  • UT Arlington home page, www.uta.edu. Emergency messages are posted online when a need arises.
  • University email. Campus closings, routine weather emergencies, major power and water outages, and other important items of information are communicated to the UT Arlington community by special MavWire Extra and Trailblazer Extra messages sent to campus email addresses.
  • External media advisories. Campus closing and emergency notifications are provided to external media, including television and radio stations and online news sites, to quickly spread essential information.
  • Emergency information hotline. Important information about campus closings and other critical situations is available at 1-866-258-4913.

The multi-tiered Emergency Communication System is described more fully in Annex B of the University’s Emergency Management Plan.


For more information on campus safety and crime prevention, see also Information Security Office, Research Integrity and Compliance, and Student Affairs.

911

UT Arlington Police
817-272-3003

Closings and Urgent Info
1-866-258-4913

Health Services
817-272-2771

Environmental Health
& Safety
817-272-2185

Facilities Management
817-272-3571

Campus Switchboard
817-272-2011
(7:45 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.)

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