Government Columns & Features Archive

Virginia Tech weaves emergency management into its security landscape

  • (File photo)

    Emergency management and communications have been woven into the fabric of security at Virginia Tech.

  • Michael Mulhare is director of emergency management at Virginia Tech University.

  • Blue Light phones enable students at Virginia Tech to communicate quickly in the event of an emergency on campus.

  • Social media is just one of the numerous emergency communication platforms used by Virginia Tech to quickly convey emergency alerts to students and faculty members.

  • The university can also send emergency alerts via desktop computers.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
On April 16, 2007, Michael Mulhare was sitting in his office at the Rhode Island office of emergency management listening to the news reports coming out of Virginia Tech University about an active shooter on campus. As the hours progressed, the gravity of the situation intensified for Mulhare, who had two children attending the university. "My perspective at the time was a little different. Both my children were students there, so I viewed the incident from the lens of both a parent and an...
More
First « Previous 1 2 3 Last
First « Previous 1 2 3 Last

Featured Events