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Immediate Emergency Notification and Timely Warning (RAVE) - Annual Security Report

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Volunteer State Community College documents Campus Police-issued immediate emergency notifications and Clery timely warnings via PA, email, and the Vol State RAVE text alert system with spring/fall drill testing.

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Institution

Volunteer State Community College

Community College · TN

~9,000 studentsVol State RAVE Alert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Campus Police EN responsibilityverbatim

The Vol State Campus Police Department is responsible for issuing immediate emergency notifications to inform the campus community of any confirmed emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of students, employees, or visitors.

Campus Police owns immediate EN for confirmed threats.

Vol State ASR - Immediate Emergency Notification

RAVE text for timely warningsverbatim

Text message alerts through the Vol State RAVE alert system

Named Vol State RAVE as TW text channel.

Vol State ASR - How Warnings Are Communicated

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Emergency notification: confirmed emergency or dangerous situation posing immediate threat to health or safety of students, employees, or visitors. Timely warning: Clery-reportable crime in Clery geography reported to Campus Police/CSA/local LE presenting serious or continuing threat.
Who decides: Vol State Campus Police Department issues both immediate emergency notifications and timely warnings; EN confirmation may involve local emergency services consultation.
Timeliness standard: EN without delay upon confirmation unless compromise exception applies. TW assessed case-by-case for serious/continuing threat. Spring and fall semester drills for text alerts and PA.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASR Immediate Emergency Notification and Timely Warning Notification sections with named Vol State RAVE system and three-condition TW standard.
Testing cadence: Drills held each Spring and Fall semester testing text alerts and public announcement system; post-drill surveys for improvement.
Scope & limits: Some TW details may be withheld if sharing would compromise active investigation. Primary alerts directed to campus community; families/public directed to website and social media. EN examples include active assailant, weather, hazmat, structural failure.

ChannelsSmsEmailPa SystemWebsiteFacebookTwitter X

Analysis

Reading the policy

Volunteer State Community College (Gallatin, TN multi-campus) publishes Immediate Emergency Notification and Timely Warning Notification procedures in its current Annual Campus Safety and Security Report, cross-referencing institutional policy IV:30:16 and 34 CFR 668.46. Campus Police is responsible for issuing immediate emergency notifications for confirmed emergencies or dangerous situations posing immediate threat to health or safety of students, employees, or visitors. Upon confirmation (directly or with local emergency services), the college determines content/scope and activates notification without delay unless that would compromise victim assistance or mitigation. Primary EN methods: PA system, Vol State email, and text alerts via RAVE (getrave.com/login/volstate). Supplemental: social media and college website. Timely warnings issue when a Clery-reportable crime occurs in Clery geography, is reported to Campus Police/CSA/local LE, and presents a serious or continuing threat; assessment weighs nature/severity, continuing danger, and investigation impact. TW channels include PA, campus-wide email, RAVE text, social media, and website. Drills each spring and fall semester test text alerts and PA systems with post-drill surveys. Complements Tennessee community-college coverage.

Takeaways

Key findings

Vol State RAVE (getrave.com/login/volstate) for text emergency and timely-warning alerts.

Campus Police owns both EN and TW with three-condition Clery TW standard.

Spring and fall semester drills test text alerts and PA systems.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

4 documented times Vol State’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Official
Volunteer State Community College Annual Campus Safety and Security Report PDF
volstate.edu
archived copy
Official Policy
Vol State Timely Warnings Policy IV:30:15
volstate.edu
archived copy