Emergency Management and Planning has introduced a new feature in the Carolina Ready Safety App called “I’m OK!” that lets users quickly notify contacts about their whereabouts and status during a campus emergency.Emergency Management and Planning has introduced a new feature in the Carolina Ready Safety App called “I’m OK!” that lets users quickly notify contacts about their whereabouts and status during a campus emergency.

In her role as the inaugural Director of Threat Assessment and Management, Angel Gray brings a uniquely distinctive blend of legal expertise and a wealth of experience in promoting safety.

Protecting the safety and well-being of our campus community is a critical priority for our University.

Thanks to a collaboration between Facilities Services and Emergency Management and Planning, Carolina students, faculty and staff who opt in can receive outage notifications on their mobile phones when a campus elevator is out of service.

The University tests the sirens regularly throughout the year to make sure the equipment and notification processes work as planned.

Emergency Management and Planning managed the FEMA application process to rebuild a 450-foot wooden boardwalk on Mason Farm Biological Reserve after Hurricane Florence.

The ability of freezing rain to accumulate on nearly every surface, including trees, power lines and bridges makes it one of the most dangerous forms of winter weather.

To accurately understand what is happening across our area in real time, the National Weather Service has over 500 weather spotters that have been trained to reports all types of weather, including rain and snowfall reports.

Space heaters are typically involved in 25 perfect of home heating fires and account for 74 percent of the deaths.

Seventy-five percent of all winter weather-related deaths occur on the road, either in accidents or by people becoming stranded. When the weather is bad and driving conditions are poor, the best bet is to stay at home.