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Campus Timely Warning Notice and Emergency Notification Policy
Franklin & Marshall College's published Campus Timely Warning Notice and Emergency Notification Policy names a five-person Decision Team, gives the Vice President of Finance and Administration sole discretion in extreme emergencies, and brands Rave Alert plus Alertus digital signage among delivery channels.
Read the official policyInstitution
Franklin & Marshall College
Private Liberal Arts · PA
~2,200 studentsRave Alert
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
Decision Team two-person rule and extreme-emergency sole discretionverbatim
The decision to issue a Campus Timely Warning Notice is made in coordination and consultation by at least two of the following personnel from the Decision Team. In an extreme emergency, the notification process will be implemented at the sole discretion of the College's Vice President of Finance and Administration.
- Named Decision Team process plus VP Finance sole discretion - not generic Clery text.
Named Decision Team officesverbatim
The decision to issue a Campus Timely Warning Notice is made in coordination and consultation by at least two of the following personnel from the Decision Team. In an extreme emergency, the notification process will be implemented at the sole discretion of the College's Vice President of Finance and Administration. Decision Team: Vice President of Finance and Administration Associate Vice President of Public Safety Vice President for Communications Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs General Counsel
- Five named F&M offices constitute the Decision Team.
Rave Alert as primary emergency notification systemverbatim
Franklin & Marshall College uses the Rave Alert System as its primary Emergency Notification System to notify students and employees in a timely manner when it is determined that there is a "significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on campus."
- Branded Rave Alert System for immediate-threat notifications.
Multi-channel stack including Alertusverbatim
This information may be disseminated to campus community members via a variety of mechanisms or mediums. Franklin & Marshall College will use one or more of the following means depending on the nature of the incident: Rave Alert System electronic mail messages text messaging to cell phones of those enrolled in the service Department of Public Safety web site* public announcements public address system postings and digital signage through Alertus Other methods deemed necessary that may be used in the information dissemination process.
- Rave, email, SMS, DPS site, PA, Alertus digital signage named locally.
Emergency notification uses same Decision Team ruleverbatim
The decision to issue a Campus Emergency Notification is made in coordination and consultation by at least two of the following personnel from the Decision Team. In an extreme emergency, the notification process will be implemented at the sole discretion of the College's Vice President of Finance and Administration.
- EN decision authority mirrors TW Decision Team structure.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Campus Timely Warning Notice for Clery crimes or other serious/continuing threats on Clery geography; Emergency Notification for a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to health or safety of students or employees on campus.
- Who decides
- At least two personnel from the Decision Team (VP Finance and Administration; Associate VP of Public Safety; VP for Communications; VP and Dean of Student Affairs; General Counsel). In an extreme emergency, sole discretion of the Vice President of Finance and Administration. Decision includes designating the office or person responsible for dissemination.
- Timeliness standard
- Timely warning as soon as pertinent information is available; Emergency Notification as soon as reasonably necessary and without delay unless notification would compromise victim assistance or mitigation; follow-up after initial EN.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- Explicit Campus Timely Warning Notice vs Emergency Notification split with Clery crime list and Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting citation.
- Testing cadence
- Not specified on the criteria/policy page reviewed.
- Scope & limits
- Timely warnings generally avoid race/ethnicity suspect descriptions unless material and immediate for public safety; EN may contain only information reasonably necessary to promote safety.
ChannelsSmsEmailWebsitePa SystemDigital SignageUnknown
Analysis
Reading the policy
Franklin & Marshall College is a private liberal-arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Its Legal Affairs timely-warning and emergency-notification policy is institution-specific where it counts: it lists a Decision Team of five named offices, requires at least two of them for ordinary decisions, and authorizes the Vice President of Finance and Administration alone in extreme emergencies. Delivery is branded around the Rave Alert System with email, SMS, Public Safety web, PA, and Alertus digital signage.
The page separates Campus Timely Warning Notices (Clery ongoing/repeat threat) from Emergency Notifications (immediate threat on campus via Rave). Content guidance for timely warnings includes crime type, time, location, and protective advice, with a local note that race/ethnicity suspect descriptions are generally avoided unless they make a material, immediate public-safety difference.
Takeaways
Key findings
Five-office Decision Team; ordinary decisions require at least two members.
VP of Finance and Administration has sole discretion in extreme emergencies.
Rave Alert is the primary emergency-notification system; Alertus used for digital signage.
Policy separates Campus Timely Warning Notices from Emergency Notifications.
Provenance
Sources
- Official
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policystandalone-policytimely-warningemergency-notificationclery-actraveprivate-liberal-artspennsylvania
Added 2026-07-26Updated 2026-07-26Via ingestion