A-B Tech

Timely Warnings and Emergency Notification (Regroup) - Annual Security Report

NCAnnual Security ReportRegroup / Campus Safety Alerthigh confidence

A-B Tech publishes Chief-of-Police timely warnings and President-initiated emergency mass notification in its 2024 ASR, with Regroup-backed emergency text enrollment via Self-Service and multi-channel EN including pop-ups and social media.

Read the official policy

Institution

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

Community College · NC

~7,500 studentsRegroup / Campus Safety Alert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Email timely warnings with optional textverbatim

Timely warnings are sent to all currently registered curriculum students and current employees using the college email system. Students and employees should take responsibility for checking their email accounts frequently. Students and employees also have the option to receive text alerts, in addition to an email.

Email default for TW; optional SMS add-on.

A-B Tech 2024 ASR - Timely Warnings

President initiates EN on confirmationverbatim

Upon confirmation of an immediate threat, through direct observation or a credible report, the President or designee will immediately initiate the notification process unless issuing a notification will, in the professional judgment of responsible authorities, compromise efforts to assist a victim, contain the emergency, respond to the emergency or otherwise mitigate the emergency.

President-level EN initiation with compromise exception.

A-B Tech 2024 ASR - Emergency Notification

Regroup upload cycle for text enrollmentverbatim

All of these changes take effect the next time the Regroup upload cycles, at 5:00 a.m. the following morning.

Named Regroup backend with next-day 5am sync.

A-B Tech 2024 ASR - emergency text signup

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Timely warning: situation on or off campus constituting ongoing or continuing threat to health or safety in judgment of Chief of Police or designee. Emergency notification: confirmed immediate threat (e.g., severe weather, armed intruder).
Who decides: Timely warning: Chief of Police or designee. Emergency notification initiation: President or designee upon confirmation.
Timeliness standard: Emergency notification immediately upon confirmation unless professional judgment holds it would compromise victim assistance, containment, response, or mitigation. Regroup profile changes effective next 5:00 a.m. upload cycle.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASR Timely Warnings and Emergency Notification sections with Campus Safety Alert brand and Regroup-backed text enrollment.
Testing cadence: Not specified as a fixed cadence in the Timely Warnings / Emergency Notification ASR sections reviewed; MY-EOP app referenced for Emergency Plan access.
Scope & limits: Victim names confidential and excluded from notifications. Text alerts optional via Self-Service Emergency Alert Messages phone type; email is the default TW path.

ChannelsEmailSmsDesktop PopupWebsiteFacebook

Analysis

Reading the policy

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College documents Timely Warnings and Emergency Notification in its 2024 Annual Security Report. Campus-wide timely warnings issue when the Chief of Police or designee judges an ongoing or continuing threat to health or safety (on or off campus). Warnings go to all registered curriculum students and current employees via college email; optional text alerts are available. Decisions weigh crime nature, continuing danger, and law-enforcement interference risk. Reports should go to A-B Tech Police at 828-398-7125 so a Campus Safety Alert can be assessed. For immediate threats (severe weather, armed intruder), the President or designee initiates the mass notification process upon confirmation by direct observation or credible report, unless notification would compromise victim assistance or mitigation. Channels include the mass notification system, emergency text messages, computer pop-up messages, and college/social media website postings. Emergency text enrollment is via Self-Service phone type "Emergency Alert Messages"; changes take effect after the next Regroup upload cycle at 5:00 a.m. A MY-EOP app carries the Emergency Plan. Complements western NC community-college coverage alongside Blue Ridge, Isothermal, and Wilkes policies already in the archive.

Takeaways

Key findings

Chief of Police owns TW; President owns EN initiation.

Regroup-backed emergency text via Self-Service with 5:00 a.m. upload cycle.

EN stack includes mass notification, SMS, desktop pop-ups, and social/web postings.

Provenance

Sources

Official
A-B Tech 2024 Annual Security Report PDF
abtech.edu
archived copy