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Emergency Notification Network (ENN)
The Emergency Notification Network (ENN) is the University of Miami's multi-channel mass-notification system, used to warn the campus community when a condition significantly threatens the health and safety of persons on campus; a summarizing policy statement appears in the University's Annual Safety Matters publication / Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act, while the UM Police Department separately issues Clery Crime Advisories and Timely Warnings.
Read the official policyInstitution
University of Miami
Private R1 · FL
~19,000 studentsEmergency Notification Network (ENN)
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
ENN definitionverbatim
The University of Miami Emergency Notification Network (ENN) is the comprehensive communications solution that allows the University to quickly disseminate an urgent message through multiple communication mediums.
- — Frames the ENN as a multi-channel system whose core purpose is speed of dissemination.
Activation triggerverbatim
If there is a condition which significantly threatens the health and safety of persons on campus, university officials will warn the campus community through a variety of methods.
- — A broad, threat-based trigger consistent with the Clery Act's emergency-notification standard (covers more than crime).
Registration requirementverbatim
ENN messages are sent to every member of the University community who has personal contact information registered on CaneLink (Students) or Workday (Employees).
- — Enrollment depends on keeping contact data current in the systems of record; stale data means missed voice/text/email alerts.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- ENN is activated when there is a condition which significantly threatens the health and safety of persons on campus; University officials then warn the campus community through a variety of methods. Separately, the UM Police Department issues Clery Crime Advisories / Timely Warnings when a reported crime represents a serious or continuing threat.
- Who decides
- University officials activate the ENN; the UM Police Department (UMPD) issues Clery Crime Advisories and Timely Warnings. On the Medical Campus, ENN use is governed by Public Safety Department Policy E-015 (Emergency Notification).
- Timeliness standard
- The ENN is designed to quickly disseminate an urgent message; the summarizing emergency-notification policy statement required under the Clery Act appears in the University's Annual Safety Matters / Annual Security Report.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- Two-track framework: the ENN delivers Clery emergency notifications for conditions that significantly threaten campus health and safety (broad threat trigger), while UMPD issues separate Clery Crime Advisories / Timely Warnings for crimes representing a serious or continuing threat.
- Testing cadence
- The ENN is tested community-wide, with public advance notice (e.g., test windows announced via @UMiamiENN and emergency-preparedness pages); outdoor warning sirens are tested on the Gables Campus.
- Scope & limits
- ENN reaches only community members whose contact information is registered on CaneLink (students) or Workday (employees); outdoor warning sirens cover the Gables Campus only and campus cable TV covers the Gables and Medical campuses only. The Medical Campus runs a parallel ENN program under Policy E-015.
ChannelsSmsPhone CallEmailWebsiteFacebookTwitter XPush NotificationSirenDigital Signage
Analysis
Reading the policy
The Emergency Notification Network (ENN) is the University of Miami's life-safety alerting backbone, described by the University as "the comprehensive communications solution that allows the University to quickly disseminate an urgent message through multiple communication mediums." The activation trigger is condition-based: if there is a condition which significantly threatens the health and safety of persons on campus, University officials will warn the campus community through a variety of methods. This broad, threat-based standard tracks the Clery Act's emergency-notification framework, which covers not only crime but weather, fires, gas leaks, disease outbreaks, and other situations posing an immediate threat.
The ENN's defining feature is its breadth of channels. University officials may use one or more of the following methods: SMS text messages and voice messages to cell phones, email to official @miami.edu addresses, an emergency information hotline (1-800-227-0354), UM website banners, the Emergency Preparedness webpage, the UMiami Mobile App, Facebook, Twitter, an RSS feed, campus cable TV (Gables and Medical campuses only), and outdoor warning sirens (Gables Campus only). Recipients are enrolled automatically through the University's systems of record: ENN messages are sent to members of the community who have personal contact information registered on CaneLink (students) or Workday (employees), and the University notes that those who do not keep contact information current may not receive voice, text, or email alerts.
On the Clery side, the Annual Security Report (published as the University's Annual Safety Matters publication, released on or about October 1 each year) contains the summarizing emergency-notification policy statement required by law. The UM Police Department issues Clery Crime Advisories and Timely Warnings when a reported crime represents a serious or continuing threat to the community — the federally mandated, distinct-from-emergency-notification function that aims to enable informed personal-safety decisions and aid in preventing similar crimes. The University operates a separate but parallel ENN program for the Miller School of Medicine / Medical Campus), governed by Public Safety Department Policy E-015 (Emergency Notification).
UM tests the ENN community-wide; public test announcements (for example, an ENN test scheduled between 12:05 PM and 12:20 PM) are circulated in advance via the University's @UMiamiENN channels and emergency-preparedness pages, and outdoor warning sirens are tested on the Gables Campus. Scope is bounded by the significant-threat trigger for the ENN itself and, on the Clery side, by the serious-or-continuing-threat standard for Timely Warnings and Crime Advisories.
Takeaways
Key findings
The ENN is activated when a condition significantly threatens the health and safety of persons on campus — a broad, Clery-style threat trigger.
The ENN spans an unusually wide channel set: SMS, voice, email, hotline, website banners, the UMiami mobile app, Facebook, Twitter, RSS, campus cable TV, and outdoor warning sirens.
Recipients are auto-enrolled via CaneLink (students) and Workday (employees); members without current contact data may not receive alerts.
Outdoor warning sirens cover the Gables Campus only, and campus cable TV covers the Gables and Medical campuses only.
UMPD separately issues Clery Crime Advisories / Timely Warnings for crimes posing a serious or continuing threat; the summarizing policy statement appears in the Annual Safety Matters / Annual Security Report.
Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
4 documented times UM’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
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Added 2026-06-21Updated 2026-06-21Via ingestion