Stockton

Stockton ADVISORY and ALERT Emergency Notification Policy

NJIssuance criteriaStockton ADVISORY / Stockton ALERThigh confidence

Stockton University's Emergency Management Response page states that Public Safety issues emergency notifications as either a Stockton ADVISORY (informational, no immediate action) or a Stockton ALERT (requires immediate action), with category playbooks for fire, evacuation, severe weather, shelter-in-place, and active-intruder, plus presidential emergency-declaration authority via the Emergency Management Coordinator.

Read the official policy

Institution

Stockton University

Public Masters · NJ

~9,000 studentsStockton ADVISORY / Stockton ALERT

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

When emergency notifications are issuedverbatim

Stockton Public Safety will issue emergency notifications when it is necessary to quickly and clearly notify the campus community of hazards which could potentially affect them. Notifications will be either an ADVISORY or an ALERT.

Named Public Safety issuer and ADVISORY/ALERT bifurcation.

Stockton University Emergency Management Response page

ADVISORY definitionverbatim

Stockton ADVISORY - Advisory will precede a message that is informational in nature, where immediate action is not needed.

Institution-specific ADVISORY brand for informational messages.

Stockton University Emergency Management Response page

ALERT definitionverbatim

Stockton ALERT - Alert will precede a message that requires immediate action be taken.

Institution-specific ALERT brand for immediate-action messages.

Stockton University Emergency Management Response page

FIRE category first actionverbatim

When a fire alarm sounds, EVACUATE Gather your personal belongings, if time permits (coats, keys purse, etc.), and exit the building Do NOT use elevators

Category-specific protective action under ALERT taxonomy.

Stockton University Emergency Management Response page

Emergency declaration authorityverbatim

The University Emergency Management Coordinator will recommend a course of action to the University President or the President’s designee.

EM Coordinator recommends; President/designee decides.

Stockton University Emergency Management Response page

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Public Safety issues notifications when necessary to quickly and clearly notify the campus community of hazards that could potentially affect them; ADVISORY for informational messages without immediate action; ALERT when immediate action is required.
Who decides: University Emergency Management Coordinator recommends emergency/disaster declaration to the University President or designee; Coordinator may declare if immediate life-threatening situation leaves no time for recommendation.
Timeliness standard: Notifications issued when necessary to quickly and clearly notify the community (no numeric SLA stated on this page).
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: Page frames Public Safety emergency notifications with ADVISORY/ALERT product language; separate Clery timely-warning criteria are not enumerated on this response page.
Testing cadence: Not stated on this response page.
Scope & limits: Campus community potentially affected by the hazard; category-specific protective actions for buildings and outdoor populations.

ChannelsUnknown

Analysis

Reading the policy

Stockton University is a public master's university in New Jersey. Its institution-specific response policy page brands community notifications as Stockton ADVISORY versus Stockton ALERT, defining when each prefix is used and listing ALERT categories with protective actions (FIRE/EVACUATE, EVACUATION, SEVERE WEATHER, SHELTER IN PLACE, ACTIVE INTRUDER RUN-HIDE-FIGHT). Declaration of a University Emergency or Disaster is recommended by the University Emergency Management Coordinator to the President or designee, with life-threatening exception authority for the Coordinator.

Takeaways

Key findings

Stockton brands messages as ADVISORY (informational) vs ALERT (immediate action).

ALERT categories include fire, evacuation, severe weather, shelter-in-place, and active-intruder.

Emergency declaration authority is defined for EM Coordinator and President/designee.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

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

Provenance

Sources

Official
Response - Emergency Management - Stockton University
stockton.edu
archived copy