UNMC Alert
The UNMC Alert emergency alert system provides critical notifications to the UNMC and Nebraska Medicine communities.
UNMC Alert, a cutting-edge system powered by RAVE Mobile Safety, sends critical alerts and notifications to UNMC students, faculty and staff, and to Nebraska Medicine colleagues during emergencies in Omaha.
These alerts include active shooter and armed intruder situations, tornado warnings, potential hazards and other critical situations.
UNMC students and employees at locations outside of Omaha have access to these alert systems:
- Kearney, UNK Alert.
- Lincoln, UNL Alert.
- Norfolk, Northeast Community College Campus Alert.
- Scottsbluff, Western Nebraska Community College Alerts.
Employees and students are automatically opted into UNMC Alert using contact information in internal systems, such as SAP and WorkDay. These UNMC-Nebraska Medicine community members may log in with their UNMC or Nebraska Medicine credentials to update or verify their contact information. They also may select how to be notified, such as texts, emails or phone calls.
“The service allows for critical communication and provides everyone with information needed to stay safe or take precautions during emergency situations.”
Mobile App
The UNMC Alert mobile app complements the emergency notification system, providing users with advanced safety resources on their mobile devices.
The app is available to download in the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Features of the app include:
- Emergency contact buttons provide direct dial access to Police and Public Safety emergency and non-emergency numbers, along with Bellevue Medical Center Public Safety and 911.
- Friend walk, which allows users to send real-time locations to contacts.
- An emergency preparedness guide
- A form for reporting a concern.
- Campus map and other features.
Members of the public and visitors to campus also may use the UNMC Alert mobile app to access public aspects of the app, including emergency alerts.
UNMC Alert FAQ
Nebraska Medicine, UNMC and Clarkson College have partnered with Rave Mobile Safety, AppArmor and Alertus to offer UNMC Alert, an emergency notification system capable of sending employees, faculty, staff and students critical alerts in the form of texts, voice calls, email messages, computer crawler, digital signs, Voalte phones and through an app. The system keeps everyone informed so that they can take proper precautions or actions in case of an emergency.
To edit any of your numbers or email addresses, log in and update your contact details. Remember to also update your number in your Workday profile if you are a Nebraska Medicine employee, your MyRecords profile if you are a UNMC student, and your Firefly profile if you are a UNMC faculty or staff member.
You will receive emergency alerts regarding imminent or potential threats to employees, faculty, staff, students, patients and visitors. This includes situations such as an armed intruder, bomb threat, fire, tornado warning and other similar scenarios.
Never. We respect your privacy, and you will never receive anything besides official Nebraska Medicine, UNMC or Clarkson College emergency alerts.
It depends on the type of emergency. All employees, students, faculty and staff, regardless of their work location, will automatically receive alerts for active shooter, armed intruder, bomb threat and explosion situations because we want to ensure we are reaching any user who could be reporting to Omaha. All other alerts are primarily targeted to users based on their work location.
If you are a UNMC student, faculty or staff member or a Nebraska Medicine employee and receive this message when attempting to log in, please try the following steps:
- Clear your browser history/cache.
- Try a different web browser.
- Type the link manually on the web browser address line: https://getrave.com/login/unmc
If you need assistance, please contact UNMC Emergency Management.
You will be sent emergency alert messages via text from 78015, voice calls from 402-559-5100, and emails from unmcalert@alerts.unmc.edu. We encourage you to save this information in your cell phone contacts so that you will recognize them when messages are sent. Some smaller carriers do not support short code messaging. For these carriers, you may receive messages from @getrave.com.
To stop getting emergency alert messages, you may login and remove your number, text or email, or reply to the text with the word “STOP”. You will not be able to unenroll your official work or school email address as we are required to notify you through at least one method.
No, you do not need to download the app to receive emergency alerts. The app is a separate - and free - feature within the UNMC Alert system that gives you access to other helpful tools and resources, such as friend walk, emergency preparedness guide, etc. All employees, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to download and use the app, but it is not a requirement. If you download the app and enable push notifications, you will receive push notifications for certain emergency alerts.
No. Your privacy is of the utmost importance. You can only be located if you use the mobile blue light or friend walk features, which require your approval to show your location to dispatch when this security feature is enabled.
Yes, if you use Friend Walk, which allows you to share your location with a person of your choosing for a period of time. But remember that you are in full control of this feature. It only works when you program it and share your location. At the end of the walk or when either of the parties disconnects, location sharing is disabled.
Yes, you can still access certain features within the app and report a concern if you are not located at a Nebraska Medicine or UNMC facility. However, if you have an emergency and you are located off property, you should dial 9-1-1 or use the feature to call 9-1-1. If you use the app to report a safety concern and the concern is off property, the information will be forwarded to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Yes! This is a great option for contractors or volunteers. You can opt in to alerts by texting “UNMCALERT” to 226787. This is a permanent enrollment in UNMC Alert. If you wish to unenroll, text “STOP” or “LEAVEUNMCALERT” to 226787 and you will be unenrolled from alerts.
Yes, anyone can download the app named “UNMC Alert” from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. All publicly available information in the app is already available through other public avenues such as websites. There is a section for updating contact information that requires a UNMC/Nebraska Medicine login.
Submit a ticket to the HelpDesk that includes the location and identification number of the display (if you know it).