Emergency Medicine

  • DukeALERT adds text messaging

    August 4th, 2008

    Emergency text messaging, also known as SMS (short message service), is the latest in a series of steps Duke is taking to enable rapid and mass notification to faculty, staff…

  • Siren testing continues

    July 18th, 2008

    Duke University will continue to test its new outdoor warning system through Friday and possibly into Monday. Click for more info: Testing began Wednesday and continued Thursday. People outdoors on…

  • Sirens testing again

    July 16th, 2008

    If you’re outside at Duke now—about 4:45 p.m. on Thursday—you may be hearing voices. That recorded emergency message, and accompanying siren, are tests of Duke’s new emergency notification system. Please…

  • Siren tests this week

    July 15th, 2008

    On Wednesday and Thursday, Duke University’s new outdoor warning system will be activated for the first time and tested intermittently as part of the installation process. Testing is expected to…

  • Emergency Test

    June 30th, 2008

    This is only a test of the emergency text system.