WCC
Emergency Notification and Timely Warnings (WCC Alert) - Annual Security Report
Washtenaw Community College documents the WCC Alert Emergency Notification Service for Clery timely warnings and immediate emergency notifications, with President/Crisis Management Team/Public Safety decision authority and building PA audio notifications.
Read the official policyInstitution
Washtenaw Community College
Community College · MI
~12,000 studentsWCC Alert
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
WCC Alert system overviewverbatim
WCC has implemented an Emergency Notification Service called WCC Alert, which enables the College to send emergency notices regarding school closing, inclement weather and other emergency situations that might occur on Campus.
- Named WCC Alert for closings, weather, and campus emergencies.
President/CMT/Public Safety TW triggerverbatim
In the event that a situation arises that involves or potentially involves a crime listed under the Clery Act and occurs or is believed to have occurred within a geographic area covered by the Clery Act and in the judgment of the President of the College, members of the WCC Crisis Management Team, or Public Safety staff, constitutes an ongoing or continuing threat, a timely warning will be issued.
- Three-role TW judgment: President, CMT, or Public Safety.
Annual drill testingverbatim
Washtenaw Community College annually tests our emergency response and evacuation procedures through announced and unannounced drills.
- Annual announced and unannounced evacuation/response drills.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Timely warning: Clery Act crime in Clery geography constituting ongoing or continuing threat. Emergency notification: confirmed significant emergency or dangerous situation involving immediate threat to health and/or safety on or near campus.
- Who decides
- President, WCC Crisis Management Team members, or Public Safety staff for timely warning judgment. Public Safety issues building audio notifications from main office.
- Timeliness standard
- Immediate EN upon confirmation. Case-by-case TW. Annual emergency response/evacuation drills (announced and unannounced).
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- ASR Procedures for Emergency Notification and Timely Warnings with named WCC Alert Emergency Notification Service.
- Testing cadence
- Annual announced and unannounced emergency response and evacuation drills. Building notification system tested periodically when buildings are vacant.
- Scope & limits
- TW and EN targeted to relevant members of the campus community via most effective method. Building PA covers many classrooms and common areas but not necessarily all spaces.
ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallWebsiteFacebookDigital SignagePa System
Analysis
Reading the policy
Washtenaw Community College (Ann Arbor, MI) publishes Procedures for Emergency Notification and Timely Warnings in its 2025 Annual Security Report. Timely warnings issue when a Clery Act crime in Clery geography constitutes an ongoing or continuing threat in the judgment of the President, WCC Crisis Management Team members, or Public Safety staff, on a case-by-case basis. Channels may include WCC Alert, email, text, social media, internal TV monitors, phone, website notice, building notification system, or combinations.
Emergency notifications issue immediately upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving immediate threat to health and/or safety on or near campus, using the same multi-channel stack. WCC Alert enables simultaneous notices for school closings, weather, and campus emergencies; college-assigned emails are auto-entered for students and employees, and employee extensions are auto-entered. Students/employees may add contacts free. Building speaker systems provide campus-wide audio EN for tornado, fire, bomb threat, or armed person scenarios from the main Public Safety office, with periodic vacant-building tests. Emergency response and evacuation procedures are tested annually via announced and unannounced drills.
Takeaways
Key findings
WCC Alert with auto college email enrollment for students and employees.
Building speaker system for campus-wide audio EN on high-severity threats.
President, Crisis Management Team, or Public Safety may authorize timely warnings.
Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
4 documented times WCC’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
- Official
- Official Policy
Tags
michigancommunity-collegeclery-asrwcc-alertwider-reach
Added 2026-07-27Updated 2026-07-27Via ingestion