Pellissippi State

Emergency and Inclement Weather Guidelines

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Pellissippi State Community College's Emergency and Inclement Weather Guidelines define a Green-Yellow-Orange-Red color alert system for normal operations through full multi-campus closure, route notice through Pellissippi Alerts, email, website, social media, and local media, and explain delay terminology relative to an 8 a.m. workday start.

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Institution

Pellissippi State Community College

Community College · TN

~10,000 studentsPellissippi Alerts / Omnilert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Red Alert full closureverbatim

Red Alert: Full closure - All campuses affected All campuses are closed. Remote work/learning is in effect for all capable employees and students. Only designated essential personnel report to campuses.

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Communication protocolverbatim

Communication Protocol: The alert level and specific campus statuses will be communicated through official college channels, including email, text alerts, and the college website. Messages will clearly state which campuses are affected and any specific instructions for each location.

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Delay terminology one hour lateverbatim

The terminology "one hour late" and "opening at 9 a.m." mean the same thing, since the standard workday begins at 8 a.m. For staff, this means offices open at 9 a.m. For faculty and students, this means that classes beginning before 9 a.m. are canceled - even if they would be ongoing during the 9 a.m. hour - and that classes beginning after 9 a.m. meet at their usual time.

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At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Inclement weather or other conditions that may require campus delays, partial closures, full closures, or shifts to remote work and learning.
Who decides: Not specified as a single title on the guidelines page; references Pellissippi State Policy 06:15:00 for holiday, administrative, and emergency closings framework.
Timeliness standard: Not a fixed clock-time decision target on the guidelines page; alert level and campus status communicated as conditions warrant. Delay examples use 9 a.m. as one-hour-late relative to 8 a.m. start.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: Weather and emergency operations communication system; Clery emergency-notification procedure details may appear separately in campus police and policy materials.
Testing cadence: Not confirmed verbatim on the emergency alerts guidelines page reviewed.
Scope & limits: Applies to Pellissippi State multi-campus operations; Orange alert messages specify which campuses are affected; non-employees may create Omnilert accounts for alerts.

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Analysis

Reading the policy

Pellissippi State is a multi-campus Tennessee community college. Its Emergency and Inclement Weather Guidelines page is institution-specific: Green is normal operations; Yellow is caution with potential closures or delays and a prepare-for-remote message; Orange is partial closure of some campuses with remote work/learning for closed sites and essential workers as directed; Red is full closure of all campuses with remote work/learning for capable employees and students and only designated essential personnel reporting. Communication protocol states alert level and campus-specific status via email, text alerts, and the website. Students and employees who cannot travel safely when the college remains open are told not to travel, with students contacting instructors and employees using annual leave or leave without pay. Delay language equates one hour late with opening at 9 a.m., cancelling classes that begin before the delayed open time. The page points to Policy 06:15:00 Holiday, Administrative and Emergency Closings. This record documents the weather and emergency operations color system rather than a full ASR rewrite.

Provenance

Sources

Official
Emergency and Inclement Weather Guidelines
pstcc.edu
archived copy