{"587120":{"#nid":"587120","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Campus to Test Emergency Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) tests its emergency notification systems on a regular basis.\u0026nbsp;Traditionally, OEP has conducted these tests on the first Thursday of a month at 11 a.m. Beginning, Wednesday, Feb. 8, OEP will transition from testing on Thursdays at 11 a.m. to testing on Wednesdays at noon for the spring semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe reason for the shift is to be consistent with all other outdoor warning testing in the state of Georgia.\u0026nbsp;Additionally, noon\u0026nbsp;is the end of a class period on Wednesdays, meaning the test will take place during a class break.\u0026nbsp;Testing generally concludes within 10 minutes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn Wednesday, Feb. 8, OEP will conduct a full test of the Georgia Tech Emergency Notification System (GTENS) as well as the outdoor siren warning system. GTENS is tested once per semester, and the siren system is tested monthly.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExceptions:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWhen the first\u0026nbsp;Wednesday of the month falls during Finals, the testing is shifted one\u0026nbsp;week later.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWhen there is inclement weather in the\u0026nbsp;forecast during the testing period, the testing is shifted one week later.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Fall 2017, the Wednesday tests will move to 12:05 p.m. to coincide with the new class scheduling grid and break times. Follow\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gtpdalerts\u0022\u003E@gtpdalerts\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Twitter for further notifications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeginning, Wednesday, Feb. 8, OEP will transition from testing on Thursdays at 11 a.m. to testing on Wednesdays at noon for the spring semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Beginning, Wednesday, Feb. 8, OEP will transition from testing on Thursdays at 11 a.m. to testing on Wednesdays at noon for the spring semester."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2017-02-08 14:29:40","changed_gmt":"2017-02-08 14:37:01","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587121":{"id":"587121","type":"image","title":"Siren Test","body":null,"created":"1486564281","gmt_created":"2017-02-08 14:31:21","changed":"1486564414","gmt_changed":"2017-02-08 14:33:34","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223757","name":"sirentest.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sirentest_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sirentest_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52029,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sirentest_0.jpg?itok=VSVDYy6f"}}},"media_ids":["587121"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/emergencypreparedness.gatech.edu","title":"Office of Emergency Preparedness"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"},{"id":"60136","name":"Office of Emergency Preparedness"},{"id":"1303","name":"GT Police Department"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"156","name":"testing"},{"id":"8743","name":"emergency preparedness"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:william.smith@ep.gtech.edu\u0022\u003EWilliam Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOffice of Emergency Preparedness\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}