Communications

Effective communication is critical in all emergency situations!  The Incident Commander and/or Senior Director Environmental Health and Public Safety are responsible for directing all communications activities during an emergency/disaster response.  Purdue ALERT, the Emergency Warning Notification System will be activated based on the incident level and Incident Commander decision.  Purdue ALERT is a multilayered communications approach and is made up of numerous systems/processes to include sirens, email, Purdue Home Page, phone trees, TV/radio and more.