Notification Methods
To learn what you should do in case of an emergency, visit tamu.edu/emergency. In an emergency, Texas A&M will post additional emergency updates and announcements at www.tamu.edu when they become available. Texas A&M will also communicate important emergency information with local television and radio outlets.
Text Message
Texas A&M University students, faculty and staff located in College Station can sign up to receive SMS text message alerts.
Texas A&M Email
Code Maroon emergency alerts will automatically be sent to all Texas A&M Email accounts ending with "@neo.tamu.edu."
KAMU-FM Radio
Code Maroon emergency alerts are broadcast on KAMU 90.9FM. KAMU functions within the Educational Broadcast Services department of Texas A&M University in College Station.
Please note that emergency alerts are not aired via online broadcast streams.
Campus Cable Television
Code Maroon emergency alerts are broadcast on air on KAMU Television. If you are watching television on campus, the alert will air on all television stations. If you are watching a television not hooked into the campus cable system, the alert will air on channels 12-1, 12-2 and 12-3 for non-cable viewers and channel 4 for cable viewers.
Please note that emergency alerts are not aired via online broadcast streams.
Emergency Alert System (EAS) Radios
Through funding from the university, each university department on campus receives an EAS radio at no cost. Texas A&M System components can purchase radios for $65.00 per unit. To purchase an EAS radio, fill out the form at http://telecommunications.tamu.edu/forms/workOrderEASRadio.pdf and fax to 979.847.1111 or send to Mail Stop 1174.
To learn how to set up and operate an EAS radio, visit the quick guide on Telecommunication’s web site. If you have any questions, please contact Telecommunications at 979.845.1020.
Anyone can receive Code Maroon emergency alerts by signing up for Twitter. The alerts will be displayed on your Twitter home page in an emergency. You can also enable “device updates” and receive a text message alert.
To learn how to set up Twitter and receive Code Maroon alerts, click the Public Access tab. If you need someone to walk you through the set up process, call Help Desk Central at 979.845.8300.
Code Maroon Twitter: http://twitter.com/TAMUCodeMaroon
RSS
Anyone can receive Code Maroon emergency alerts on their computer by subscribing to Code Maroon’s RSS feed. You can receive the alerts through your email client (Microsoft Outlook or Novell GroupWise), various news readers (My Yahoo, Google Reader, etc.) or your Internet browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.).
To learn how to set up RSS to receive Code Maroon alerts, click the Public Access tab. If you need someone to walk you through the set up process, call Help Desk Central at 979.845.8300.
Code Maroon RSS: http://codemaroon.tamu.edu/feed.xml