{
  "id": "2025-07-14-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-informational-sirens-test-wednesday-july-16-2025",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-informational-sirens-test-wednesday-july-16-2025-2025-07-14",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-07-14",
    "type": "test",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Sirens Test - Wednesday, July 16, 2025",
    "headlinePublic": "Sirens Test - Wednesday, July 16, 2025",
    "summary": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [published an official alert update](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2025/07/14/informational-sirens-test-wednesday-july-16-2025/) on or about 2025-07-14. Full text is preserved from the official 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 2025-07-14",
      "verbatimText": "The University will TEST the emergency sirens and Alert Carolina System on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. We test the sirens and messaging system 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 likely will hear the sirens. The sirens are not designed to be heard inside a building or vehicle. The sirens will sound an alert tone along with a brief pre-recorded 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 outdoors\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 cell phone users who registered their numbers in the online Alert Carolina Contact Information page available through the ONYEN services website. The University will post safety-related announcements on the Alert Carolina website, alertcarolina.unc.edu, along with updates.\n\nDuring this sirens test, NO ACTION is required. We encourage you to review the Carolina Ready website and the Emergency Management and Planning website for information on what to do during an emergency.\n\nThe sirens are part of the University's Emergency Notification System and an integral element of the University's communications strategy that uses multiple channels to reach students, faculty and staff, as well as visitors, local residents, parents and the public. To support that system, we follow the Emergency Notification Protocolsin informing the campus community using four types of notifications - Emergency Warning, Crime Alert, Adverse Condition and Informational Messages.\n\nFor more information on the Alert Carolina system, visit alertcarolina.unc.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2025/07/14/informational-sirens-test-wednesday-july-16-2025/",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1995,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Alert Carolina archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Informational: Sirens Test - Wednesday, July 16, 2025",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2025/07/14/informational-sirens-test-wednesday-july-16-2025/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "unc",
    "alert-carolina",
    "test"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}