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2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report - Emergency Notifications (UTC-ALERT)
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's 2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report immediately notifies the campus community upon confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to students or employees on campus, using UTC-ALERT. The UTC-Alert page auto-enrolls students upon enrollment. Distinct from Chattanooga State Community College.
Read the official policyUTC-Alert
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
Immediate EN upon confirmationverbatim
UTC will immediately notify the campus community upon confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees on campus.
- EN trigger.
UTC-ALERT as EN channelverbatim
An emergency notification will be issued utilizing the UTC-ALERT.
- Named product.
Timely Warning product nameverbatim
UTC will send timely warnings, in the form of a UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning message, of Clery Act crimes occurring in Clery Act geography and reported to a Campus Security Authority or local law enforcement that represent an ongoing threat to students and employees.
- UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning is the live product name.
Student auto-enrollmentverbatim
Students are automatically enrolled in the UTC-Alert system upon enrollment at the University.
- Auto-enrollment.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Emergency notification upon confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation posing an immediate threat on campus. Timely warnings for Clery Act crimes in Clery geography that represent an ongoing threat.
- Who decides
- Not named in the quoted sentences. The ASR describes a multipath UTC-ALERT system.
- Timeliness standard
- Immediately notify upon confirmation.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- The ASR keeps Emergency Notifications (UTC-ALERT) distinct from Timely Warnings (UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning).
- Scope & limits
- Students are automatically enrolled upon enrollment.
ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallDesktop PopupDigital SignageWebsite
Analysis
Reading the policy
UTC (Tennessee public-r2, five filed cases, no prior policy file; distinct from Chattanooga State) publishes a live 2025 ASR PDF (HTTP 200). UTC will immediately notify the campus community upon confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees on campus. An emergency notification will be issued utilizing the UTC-ALERT. Timely warnings go out as UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning for Clery Act crimes in Clery geography that represent an ongoing threat. The live UTC-Alert page (HTTP 200) names UTC-Alert as the official emergency notification and incident management system and states that students are automatically enrolled upon enrollment. Every excerpt was character-checked against the live PDF or HTML.
Takeaways
Key findings
UTC-ALERT issues emergency notifications immediately upon confirmation of an on-campus immediate threat.
Timely warnings are branded UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning.
Students are auto-enrolled. Distinct from Chattanooga State Community College.
Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
19 documented times UTC’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
- Clery ASR
- Official
Tags
policyclery-asremergency-notificationtimely-warningtennesseepublic-r2
Added 2026-09-14Updated 2026-09-14Via ingestion