Crisis Communication
There are times when the college needs to let you know something immediately, whether it is a change in schedule due to聽snow, to take cover because of a tornado warning, or an alert to some other threat or hazard. Our first concern is聽the safety of our聽students, employees and guests聽and we will use every means at our disposal to communicate with the college community.
To insure that we are able to get messages to you, students and employees should make sure their records are kept current by reporting any contact information changes to聽Admissions and Records or the Human Resources Department as soon as they are made. Students and employees聽can also聽assist in the process by regularly checking聽their college e-mail accounts and adding telephone numbers to those used by the system (accessed through Okta).
Hazards and Threats
When the college receives notification of an weather advisory or watch or situations such as road construction or traffic accidents聽that might impact its students or employees, it will pass that information on using e-mail so they can be aware and make appropriate decisions.
In the event that there is an immediate threat of severe weather, earthquake,聽or other hazards or threats, the campus will be alerted by way of the public address system, the Office of Campus Police, and/or聽the WayneCC聽Alert system. In case of a fire, the fire alarm will be triggered.
Everyone on campus should take the appropriate action聽for the identified threat. Those responses are listed on the red and white quick reference cards mounted on walls throughout the campus, in the Student Handbook, and on this .
Inclement Weather
When weather conditions require that the college be closed or its opening delayed, the decision will be announced using the system (accessed through Okta), college e-mail, college website and social media pages, area radio and television stations.聽The absence of an announcement means that the college is operating on a normal schedule. More information about inclement weather delays and closings can be found .
Timely Warnings
In the event that a situation arises, either on or off campus, that, in the judgment of聽 the Chief of Campus Police, constitutes and ongoing or continuing threat, a campus-wide “timely warning” will be issued. The warning will be issued through WayneCC Alert texts, phone calls, and e-mails, and social media to students, faculty, and staff, and via public address messages.
Depending on the particular circumstances of a crime聽a other situation that could pose an immediate threat to the college community and individuals, the Office of Campus Police may also post a notice on the campus-wide TV monitors as well as the college website in order to provide the college community with more immediate notification.
Anyone with information warranting a timely warning should contact Campus Police by phone (919-739-7002 or 7002 on a college phone) or in person at the office in Room 195 of the Wayne Learning Center.
Beyond the Campus
There are many聽automatic and downloadable alerting systems.聽Federal, state, and local authorities use the Emergency Alert System to deliver聽notifications聽such as AMBER聽Alerts and weather聽information across many聽media. WCC encourages you to sign up for other systems to ensure that you are alerted to threatening situations and have time to react. Some of those systems include
Weather Alert Apps from almost every television聽channel’s聽weather desk and the Weather Channel,聽Weather Underground, and other organizations
The offers a number of apps that provide directions for everything from first aid to responding to natural disasters. It also runs the website that provides a聽central location for people in disaster areas in the United States to register their current status, and for their loved ones to access that information.
The (FEMA) app includes disaster safety tips, emergency kit list, storable emergency meeting locations, open shelter and disaster recovery center聽locations, and the Disaster Reporter that allows anyone to submit a photo and text of a disaster area.
The 聽(CDC) has a number of apps that provide information, guidance, and reports on health and safety issues.