Perhaps the most important part: accessing information on the In Case of Crisis app doesn’t require an internet connection, meaning students and campus employees could read through protocols even if a storm, for instance, knocked out the campus network.
The simplicity of In Case of Crisis has made fans of college and university police departments that try their best to keep the campus community abreast of the latest suggestions and rules for how to respond to an emergency.
That goes for police officials at Northwest Missouri State University, which recently adopted the mobile app.
“There is a tremendous amount of great emergency information right at our community’s fingertips, and helping our students and employees know what to do when a crisis situation occurs is a top priority at Northwest,” said Lieutenant Mike Ceperley, emergency management coordinator with the Northwest Missouri State University Police. “This technology gives us another tool to further enhance the safety of our community.”
Pete Amico, director of the Office of Emergency Management at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., said 500 of the school’s 11,000 students had downloaded the In Case of Crisis app in the first few months after the school announced adoption of the app.
“It provides a lot of flexibility for us, and that’s what we were looking for,” Amico said, adding that the app’s push notifications let the university warn students of oncoming storms last year. “We needed better access. That’s what we got.”
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