Campus to test emergency sirens
Published: Mon, Mar. 24, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Mon, Mar. 24, 2008 01:44AM
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closeCHAPEL HILL -- UNC-Chapel Hill will test new emergency sirens Wednesday with the start of Alert Carolina, a safety awareness campaign.
The test will occur between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Although the university would use a variety of ways to share information in an actual emergency, this test will focus on the sirens. The sirens will sound only during a test or in a life-threatening emergency such as an armed and dangerous person on or near campus; a major chemical spill or hazard; or a tornado sighting.
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The campaign is designed to educate students, faculty and staff to go inside, close windows or doors and take cover immediately if the sirens sound in a real emergency. There also will be brief public address announcements with instructions.
The sirens are at Hinton James Residence Hall off Manning Drive; the Gary R. Tomkins Chilled Water Operations Center behind the Dogwood Parking Deck; Winston Residence Hall at the corner of Raleigh Street and South Road; and next to university buildings and support facilities near the Giles Horney Building off Martin Luther King Boulevard.
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