During a campus emergency, JMU maydistribute information to the campus community utilizing several or all of the following methods:

  • Campus Horn & PA System
  • JMU Shield App 
  • Madison Alerts
    •  Blast e-mail to “___@jmu.edu” or "____@dukes.jmu.edu" accounts
    •  SMS Text Messages or Phone Calls to registered users through My Madison
      •  Faculty & Staff
      •  Students
  • JMU Web page
  • Building Coordinators
  • ORL Hall Directors & Resident Advisers
  • Interdepartmental & Building Phone Trees
  • Police Loudspeakers and PA Systems
  • JMU Lightning Prediction System “RED ALERT” Horns
  • JMU Facebook page at James Madison University - Home | Facebook
  • Local Media/Campus TV/Radio Broadcasts
Sign up for Alerts (JMU Shield, Madison Alerts, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Alerts).

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