The following message is from the Office of Emergency Management & Safety. Later today, a Halloween storm is expected to bring an enhanced risk of severe weather for the Greater Fredericksburg area. The main hazards associated with this storm will be heavy rain and damaging wind gusts. An isolated tornado is also possible. There may also […]
Be the first to know about emergencies on the UMW campus. UMW is developing a new emergency alert system. The name, UMW ALERT, will remain the same, but the new system will provide a higher level of service to the UMW community.In the coming weeks, the Office of Emergency Management and Safety will send you […]
With the recent power outages in the Fredericksburg area and at UMW we would like to revisit the purpose of emergency lighting. Emergency lighting will operate for a period of 1 1/2 hours in the event of failure of normal lighting and are arranged to provide illumination for safety purposes only; Emergency lighting systems are […]
Susan Knick, director of conferences and scheduling, and Ruth Lovelace, director of emergency management and safety, were invited to speak at the July 16 Crowd Manager Symposium hosted by the Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office. Attended by Virginia state fire marshals, other universities and colleges, and members of the private sector, the symposium was an […]
