CFCC
Timely Warning Notices and Emergency Alert System (ASR)
Cape Fear Community College's 2025 Clery Report assigns campus-wide timely warnings to the judgment of the Campus Safety Office or designee, brands Campus Safety Alerts, and describes an Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System for voice, email, and text with periodic testing.
Read the official policyInstitution
Cape Fear Community College
Community College · NC
~14,000 studentsEmergency Alert and Mass Notification System
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
Campus Safety Office timely-warning judgmentverbatim
In the event that a situation arises, either on or off campus, that, in the judgment of the Campus Safety Office or their designee, constitutes an ongoing or continuing threat to health or safety of the college, a campus wide "timely warning" will be issued.
- Named Campus Safety Office as decision authority.
Local Security phone and Campus Safety Alertverbatim
Members of the college who know of a crime or other serious incident should report the incident immediately by phone (910.362.7855) to Cape Fear Community College Security so that a Campus Safety Alert can be issued, if warranted.
- Local phone 910.362.7855 and Campus Safety Alert brand.
Emergency Alert and Mass Notification Systemverbatim
The college has adopted an Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System as part of its Emergency Notification Plan. This system allows Campus Safety personnel to notify faculty/staff/students quickly by sending voice, email and text messages should an emergency situation occur.
- Local EN system for voice, email, text.
Activation and periodic testingverbatim
In the event of an emergency and upon activation of the system, participants will receive notification at any and all of the contact numbers provided. Furthermore, periodic testing of the system will be conducted for safety measures.
- All registered contacts notified; periodic testing.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Campus-wide timely warning when Campus Safety Office or designee judges an ongoing or continuing threat to health or safety, on or off campus. Emergency system activation for emergency situations requiring rapid faculty/staff/student notice.
- Who decides
- Campus Safety Office or designee decides timely warnings. Campus Safety personnel activate the Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System. Incidents reported to CFCC Security at 910.362.7855 for Campus Safety Alert consideration.
- Timeliness standard
- Quick notice via voice, email, and text when the emergency system is activated; periodic testing conducted for safety measures.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- ASR Timely Warning Notices section ties continuing-threat warnings to Clery duties and pairs them with the Emergency Notification Plan system.
- Testing cadence
- Periodic testing of the Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System.
- Scope & limits
- On or off campus situations in Campus Safety judgment; personal information from the alert system not used for other purposes.
ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallUnknown
Analysis
Reading the policy
Cape Fear Community College (Wilmington, North Carolina) publishes Timely Warning Notices practice in its 2025 Clery Report. Institution-specific content includes Campus Safety Office decision authority, the local report phone 910.362.7855 to CFCC Security, the Campus Safety Alert label, and an Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System that sends voice, email, and text with periodic testing.
Those local roles, phone number, and system description are what this record captures.
Takeaways
Key findings
Campus Safety Office or designee issues campus-wide timely warnings for continuing threats.
Report path is CFCC Security at 910.362.7855 for Campus Safety Alert consideration.
Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System sends voice, email, and text with periodic testing.
Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
1 documented time CFCC’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
- Clery ASR
Tags
policyclery-asrtimely-warningemergency-notificationcommunity-collegenorth-carolina
Added 2026-07-26Updated 2026-07-26Via ingestion