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What does it mean to be Owl Ready?

As a University

  • Building, sustaining, and improving individual, unit, and university readiness and resilience.
  • Engaging the internal and external communities.
  • Developing University and campus plans, training, and exercises.
  • Communicating to the University’s constituents with One Voice.
  • Working with local, regional, state, and federal entities, and other key stakeholders.

As a Unit

  • Engaging all staff in planning and preparedness efforts.
  • Developing robust unit plans to prepare for, respond to, and recover from campus-specific and unit-specific emergencies.
  • Setting and managing expectations for roles and responsibilities for all staff, particularly essential personnel.
  • Ensuring that any Non-FAU entities that you work with and routinely find themselves on any of Թ Atlantic’s campuses have emergency plans that align with yours and the University’s.
  • Ensuring communication protocols are in place for staff to contact their immediate supervisors.
  • Knowing how to get official information from the University, including FAU Alert.
  • Signing up for FAU Alert modalities of text message and phone calls (all FAU-issued cell phones are required to be signed up for FAU Alert modules - text messaging and cell phones).
  • Having unit-specific emergency kits ready!

As an Individual

  • Paying attention! Don’t be distracted! Pay attention:
  • As you walk across campus,
  • As you get out of your car,
  • To your exits and places to hide when you’re in buildings - classrooms, offices, etc.,
  • To the weather,
  • To behave or things that are out of place. If it doesn’t feel right, or look right, it’s NOT right!
  • See Something, Say Something! What’s the “something”: it can be behavior or items. Don’t explain it away! Don’t be afraid to or wait for someone else to report.
  • Having a plan (and options). When the time comes to implement it, evaluate your best option and then DO IT!
  • Having emergency kits, including medications.
  • Knowing where to get official information, such as FAU Alert! Sign up for FAU Alert modules: text messaging and phone calls!
  • Activating the “Government Alerts” feature on your cell phone to receive real-time notifications, including tornado warnings.
  • Seeking shelter/safety, then seeking further information, if you’re not clear about the emergency.
  • Having a family communication plan.
  • Updating your emergency contact information in Banner (students) and Workday (employees) so that, if needed, University officials can contact your next of kin.

Resident Students

  • Working with and informing your RAs or Area Head Office of your emergency plans, including the hurricane evacuation plan, and whether you will need accommodation assistance.
  • Having an emergency plan for you, any service animal in your care, your mode of transportation, and emergency kits for sheltering at a local shelter, or traveling and staying elsewhere.
  • Having a family communication plan and notifying your parents, loved ones, and/or guardians.
  • Preparing your room for evacuation, such as in a hurricane.
  • All valuable items should be covered in plastic and stored off the floor to avoid water damage.
  • All windows and blinds must be closed.
  • All electrical appliances must be turned off and unplugged.

Owl Ready App

Owl Ready is the official preparedness and safety app of Թ Atlantic. It was developed collaboratively between the Department of Emergency Management and the Թ Atlantic Police Department (FAPD).

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With this dynamic, feature-rich mobile application, you can:

  • Contact Police: Easily access emergency and non-emergency contacts for external law enforcement and FAPD, and dial directly from the application.
  • Virtual Walk with a Friend or FAPD: Recruit friends, family, or a FAPD police dispatcher to accompany you on your walk at night virtually.
  • Emergency SOS: Notify FAPD at the push of a button with your location and directly communicate with one of our FAPD police dispatchers.
  • Report a Safety Concern:See something, say something. Report a safety/security concern to the appropriate University. officials.
  • Access Emergency Guides:Easily access emergency guides for a variety of situations.
  • View Current Weather: Receive current weather updates for all FAUlocations.
  • Receive FAU Alerts: Receive emergency alerts from the FAU Alert System.
  • Language Translation: Easily translate words, phrases, and web pages.

For all EMERGENCY CALLS dial 9-1-1

 

Contact Us

Campus Operations Building
(69) Boca Raton Campus

Email: em@fau.edu