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Emergency Alerts for Â鶹´å Students and Employees

Â鶹´å employees and students automatically receive emergency alert emails to their campus email address whenever there is an emergency on campus or when the system is undergoing testing.

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Alerting Methods

Email alerts

OTTERalert emails are sent from csumb@email.getrave.com or noreply@genasys.com. Â鶹´å employees and students automatically receive OTTERalert emails to their campus email account.

Desktop alerts

OTTERalert messaging are sent to all Â鶹´å-owned/managed computer workstations and laptops running the Rave Notifier software. OTTERalert will display a full-screen pop-up alert that provides messaging about the emergency on campus and what actions to take. . 

Text alerts

OTTERalert texts come from  226787, 67283, 78015 or 77295. To stop receiving the text alerts, reply STOP to an OTTERalert message. Â鶹´å employees and students are encouraged to .

Speaker system alerts 

Depending on the situation, the campus speaker system may be used.

Website alerts

The Emergency Information Page may be used for notifications and updates. In the event of an emergency, every page of the Â鶹´å website displays a banner with emergency alerts and updates.

Social Media alerts

may be used for notifications and updates.

OTTERalerts for Parents and Family Members

Parents and family members of Â鶹´å students and employees can receive emergency alerts via text by having their cell phone number added to an existing Â鶹´å student or employee OTTERalert account. 

OTTERalerts for the General Public

Anyone who is not a Â鶹´å employee or student can receive Â鶹´å’s emergency alerts via text by texting OTTERalert to 226787. Active emergency alerts can also be viewed at csumb.edu/emergency.