Emergency Preparedness

SafeVU has been upgraded and renamed VandySafe. Features include emergency calling, reporting, services and guides, improved aesthetics and more. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, Fire and Workplace Safety will host representatives from across the university who play a key role in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery for an emergency tabletop training exercise on Nov. 7. Read More

Disasters, both natural and man-made, affect hundreds of thousands of people in the United States each year. Learning about different types of disasters and what to do before they strike can increase your chance of survival and decrease the extent of fear, property damage, and interruption to your daily life. Read More

September is National Preparedness Month—a good time to revisit what to do in the event severe weather threatens the Vanderbilt community. Read More

The month of September is recognized as National Emergency Preparedness Month. Work/Life Connections shares some tips to help you and your family prepare. Read More

September is National Preparedness Month, which is a great time to review fire safety protocols to make sure you are ready in the event of a fire affecting your campus area. Read More

Vanderbilt will conduct a test of its AlertVU emergency notification system on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 2:30 p.m. AlertVU sends emergency messages in the event of an imminent threat or danger to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) new 1,200-square-foot Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has large LED monitors lining freshly painted walls and a slew of telephones. Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will join several other hospitals and federal, state and local agencies for a full-scale weather-related disaster drill on Thursday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to noon. Read More

Vanderbilt will conduct a test of its AlertVU emergency notification system on Thursday, March 16, at 2:30 p.m. AlertVU sends emergency messages in the event of an imminent threat or danger to the larger Vanderbilt community. Read More

Being familiar with emergency response procedures for an active threat on campus is critical to the safety of campus community members and can enhance first responders’ ability to contain a threat. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, Fire and Workplace Safety will host representatives from across the university for an emergency table-top training exercise Nov. 3. Read More

Disasters, both natural and man-made, affect hundreds of thousands of people each year. Learn what to do before disaster strikes. Read More

September is National Preparedness Month—a good time to revisit what to do in the event severe weather threatens the Vanderbilt community. Read More

Learn more about Vanderbilt’s fire-prevention policies and fire safety protocols during National Preparedness Month in September. Read More

Vanderbilt will conduct a test of its AlertVU emergency notification system on Wednesday, Sept. 7. AlertVU sends emergency messages in the event of an imminent threat or danger to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

A problem with the data center temperature control system at the Hill Center caused a widespread outage of administrative systems early Monday morning. The issue has now been resolved. Read More

Vanderbilt will conduct a test of its AlertVU emergency notification system on Wednesday, March 30, at 2 p.m. The test is rescheduled from last week, when the threat of severe weather on March 24 necessitated its postponement. AlertVU sends emergency messages in the event of an imminent threat or danger to the Vanderbilt community. Read More

The test of the AlertVU emergency notification system originally scheduled for March 24 has been postponed due to the threat of severe weather. The test will be rescheduled for a later date. Read More

Severe Weather Awareness Week, scheduled Feb. 28–March 5 for Middle Tennessee, is a good time to revisit what to do in the event severe weather threatens the Vanderbilt community. Read More