CCBC

Campus Alert Emergency Notifications

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CCBC's Emergency Notifications / Campus Alert page describes automatic student/employee enrollment, content expectations (type/location, protective advice, timely warnings), and Rave management for community opt-in.

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Institution

Community College of Baltimore County

Community College · MD

~50,000 studentsCampus Alert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Campus Alert purposeverbatim

Stay informed when there's an emergency or closure at CCBC with Campus Alert.

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Hazard examples weather power fireverbatim

From bad weather and regional power outages to campus-based emergencies such as a fire, Campus Alert is a free, smart and convenient way to get the news and stay safe.

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Type and location contentverbatim

Alerts will describe the nature and location of the emergency, such as smoke in a specific building on one of our three campuses or three extension centers.

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Protective action adviceverbatim

Alerts provide advice that pertains to most campus occupants, such as a suggestion to evacuate, hide or shelter-in-place.

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Timely warnings for confirmed crimesverbatim

In accordance with federal law, alerts may include timely warnings regarding reported crimes that have been confirmed by the CCBC Department of Public Safety.

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At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Emergencies and closures including bad weather, regional power outages, campus-based emergencies (e.g., fire), and timely warnings for confirmed crimes.
Who decides: CCBC Department of Public Safety confirms crimes for timely-warning content; operational Campus Alert program is described on the public safety emergency notifications page.
Timeliness standard: Timely warnings framed as federal-law compliance; exact without-delay emergency-notification clock language is not restated on the overview page.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: Page explicitly ties some alerts to federal timely-warning requirements for confirmed crimes.
Testing cadence: Not confirmed verbatim on the public emergency notifications page reviewed.
Scope & limits: Students/employees auto-enrolled; text SMS may be opted out but email cannot; carrier fees may apply; personal data not shared for other purposes per page.

ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallWebsite

Analysis

Reading the policy

The Community College of Baltimore County is a large Maryland multi-campus community college. Its Campus Alert Emergency Notifications page is institution-specific: Campus Alert covers weather, regional power outages, and campus emergencies such as fire; enrolled students and employees are automatically opted in (text opt-out via myCCBC/SIMON is allowed but email cannot be opted out); parents and community members can opt in via the Rave portal; expected alert content includes emergency type and location, action advice (evacuate, hide, shelter-in-place), and Clery-style timely warnings for confirmed crimes. Public Safety contact is listed as 443.840.1111. This record documents the Campus Alert system overview rather than a full ASR rewrite.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

1 documented time CCBC’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Official
Emergency Notifications
ccbcmd.edu
archived copy