Halloween Weekend Safety: Fall Back, Stay Alert, and Celebrate Safely!
As the IUP community prepares for Halloween celebrations, IUP Emergency Management reminds students, faculty, and staff to take a few simple precautions to stay safe.
Crime Alerts issued by the University Police Office.
The Emergency Management Office provides emergency planning in compliance with federal and state emergency management regulations.
The Office of Emergency Management is responsible for:
- Developing, updating, and exercising the overall University Emergency Operations Plan.
- Overseeing and coordinating emergency planning, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts at all locations.
- Educating the community on how to best protect themselves by following all applicable regulations and best practices.
- Facilitating exercises, and coordinating drills in support of the plans.
- Notifying the community upon declaration of a state of emergency, including appropriate external Emergency Management Agencies and maintaining the University's Emergency Operations Center.
- Coordinating centralized resources with responsible personnel at all campus locations if an emergency is declared affecting those units.
Timely Crime Warnings About Emergency Situations
The IUP Police Department has been fully trained and is committed to following the regulations outlined in the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) related to issuing a Timely Crime Warning.
News
National Preparedness Month: What Would You Do?
September is National Preparedness Month, and this week we’re putting your preparedness to the test. Emergencies don’t always give you time to think. Picture yourself in each situation. What would you do?
- 22 September 2026
Stay Alert, Stay Safe: Sharing the Road at IUP
With the fall semester underway and more students on campus this year, IUP University Police and Emergency Management are reminding everyone to slow down, stay alert, and look out for one another when traveling on and around campus.
- 11 September 2026
IUP Emergency Notification System Test: September 10, 2026
IUP will test its Emergency Notification System on Thursday, September 10, at 10:00 a.m. September is National Preparedness Month, and IUP Emergency Management wants to make sure our campus community is prepared to receive important information
- 01 September 2026
Pennsylvania DEP Issues Statewide Code Purple Air Quality Alert for Friday, July 17
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a statewide Code Purple Air Quality Alert for Friday, July 17, 2026, due to elevated levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) caused by wildfire smoke drifting into Pennsylvania from Canada and Minnesota.
- 17 July 2026
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