{
  "id": "2026-06-19-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-informational-sirens-test-tuesday-june-23-2026",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-informational-sirens-test-tuesday-june-23-2026-2026-06-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-06-19",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Sirens Test - Tuesday, June 23, 2026",
    "headlinePublic": "Sirens Test - Tuesday, June 23, 2026",
    "summary": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [published an official alert](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/06/19/informational-sirens-test-tuesday-june-23-2026/) on or about 2026-06-19. Full text is preserved from the official notifications archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2026-06-19",
      "verbatimText": "Students, Faculty and Staff:\n\nThe University will TEST the Alert Carolina Emergency Notification System on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. We test Alert Carolina regularly throughout the year to make sure the equipment and notification processes work as planned. During this sirens test, NO ACTION is required.\n\nDuring the test, anyone outside on or near campus will likely hear the Outdoor Emergency Sirens. These sirens are not designed to be heard inside a building or vehicle. The sirens will sound an alert tone along with a brief prerecorded voice message.\n\nThe sirens sound only for a major emergency or an immediate safety or health threat, such as:\n\n- An armed and dangerous person on or near campus\n\n- A major fire or hazardous material incident\n\n- A tornado warning for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area issued by the National Weather Service\n\n- A different emergency, as determined by Campus Safety\n\nThe University will also send text messages to cellphone users who registered their numbers in the online Alert Carolina contact information page available through the Onyen services website. The University will post safety-",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/06/19/informational-sirens-test-tuesday-june-23-2026/",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1150,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Alert Carolina notification archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Informational: Sirens Test - Tuesday, June 23, 2026",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/06/19/informational-sirens-test-tuesday-june-23-2026/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "unc",
    "alert-carolina",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}