TechAlert! Test Scheduled

September 28, 2020

The system will be tested at 1:50 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 1).

Texas Tech University will test its TechAlert! emergency communications system at 1:50 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 1).

All faculty, staff and students should update cell phone, home phone or text message information at emergency.ttu.edu in advance of the test. The system is used to alert the university community of emergency situations, class cancellations and delays.

In addition to the TechAlert! system, the university utilizes a variety of communications tools in the event of an emergency. These tools include:

Emergency.ttu.edu, the online Emergency Communications Center. It will inform the Texas Tech community about what to do in advance of, during and after an emergency.
The university's home page, Texas Tech Today, and social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter
Informing local media to deliver emergency information
Outdoor siren notification system

Texas Tech also has made enhancements to TechAlert!, adding capabilities for students, faculty and staff at regional sites across the state and including additional people associated with the university.

More Texas Tech safety tips and registration information can be found at emergency.ttu.edu.

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Emergency Communications

Update your information!

TechAlert! is a mass notification system that simultaneously sends email, text and voice messages to alert the university community of emergency situations or class cancellations or delays.

- More than 17,000 students, faculty and staff have opted in to receive text message alerts.

- As of the last TechAlert! message, more than 40,600 voice and 35,400 email messages were sent.

If you have not already done so this semester, update cell phone, home phone or text message information at www.ttu.edu/emergency. Up to four phone numbers can be entered, with TTY/TDD for hearing impaired and text messaging options.

Parents, if you wish to receive TechAlert notifications, ask your student to include your phone number in their registry.