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ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ emergency officials encourage employees and students to review and add to their contact information used for the WarnMe emergency notification system before it is tested midday on Wednesday, April 24.

In the last of three regular tests for the academic year, ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ will send alerts by text message and email to faculty, staff and students, all of whom are automatically registered to receive alerts through their ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ email. Text messages will be sent to those who have added mobile numbers to their WarnMe contact information.

Messages will also be posted to the Everbridge Mobile App and ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥â€™ official X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook accounts.

WarnMe messages provide information and directions regarding emergencies that pose an immediate threat to life and safety. Aggie Alert messages, sent using the same system and contact information, provide notification about events on and around Davis campus facilities that may cause disruption to normal activities.

Emergency officials encourage employees and students to add personal email addresses and mobile numbers — up to a total of five for each contact method. Also, you can choose to receive messages for additional groups; for example, a faculty member might choose to receive messages sent to students.

Verify and update your contact information on the .

Parents, vendors and others without a ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ email address can sign up to receive WarnMe and Aggie Alert messages — when issued by text — for the Davis campus by texting UCDAlerts to 888777. Those who have will also be sent test messages.

Available to those with a ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ email address (except accounts associated with ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Health), the Everbridge Mobile App can be downloaded for free from the  or  and . The mobile app is an important option for those whose mobile number is international because ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ WarnMe and Aggie Alert do not send text messages to international numbers. 

The Sacramento campus is scheduled to conduct a separate test on the same day.