A new safety alert system should be tested at the University of Central Arkansas before the end of the fall semester, a committee reviewing emergency procedures at the Conway school recommended today.

The report also recommends installing a siren and loudspeakers to warn students of an emergency and restricting vehicle access on the campus.

The Emergency Notification Committee, created after a shooting on the UCA campus last month that left two students dead, toured the state Department of Emergency Management’s facility in North Little Rock and got a firsthand look at the department’s mass notification system. That system allows organizations to send messages to people via phone, email, pager, fax, Instant Messenger, SMS text messaging, PDA and other devices.

In its report to interim President Tom Courtway and the Board of Trustees, the committee recommended that UCA give the system a trial run.

Tags: Tom Courtway, University of Central Arkansas

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