Emergency Management
Thank you for your interest in emergency management at UNT Health Fort Worth. Below you will find helpful campus information and links to websites that provide additional information about preparing for emergencies.
Your Guide to Emergency Planning
The Emergency Management team provides comprehensive information related to campus safety and emergency preparedness. In addition, it outlines designated shelter-in-place and evacuation locations across campus to help students, faculty, and staff respond effectively in the event of a building evacuation or severe weather emergency.
We offer guidance on how to create personalized safety plans tailored to specific roles and responsibilities, whether you’re a student, faculty member, or part of the emergency response team. Furthermore, it highlights the UNT Health weather station, a valuable resource that offers real-time local weather data to support timely decision-making during adverse conditions.
Finally, a curated list of external resources is provided, linking to authoritative weather safety and awareness sites, such as the National Weather Service and Ready.gov, to ensure the UNT Health community remains informed and prepared for any weather-related threats.
Emergency Management Services
Building Evacuation
UNT Health provides building-specific floor plans with pre-identified emergency exits and the Emergency Assembly Area map which indicates on-campus designated areas to assemble outdoors during an evacuation, and to help others to take shelter in nearby campus buildings.
Emergency Notifications
Emergency Notifications are an important component of any modern campus’s safety protocols. UNT Health has invested considerable resources in its “RED ALERT!” Emergency Notification process so our community has the benefit of a robust and updated system.
Emergency Assembly Areas map indicates designated areas to assemble outdoors during an evacuation.
Weather Safety
When severe weather is imminent, shelter in place by moving to a designated tornado shelter area immediately or Severe Weather Refuge Areas. Move quickly, but do not run. Assist disabled personnel in your area. Shelter in place until you hear an announcement from a member of the safety response team and/or a hand-held radio system station (if applicable) that it is safe to return to your area.
Emergency Management Resources
Building Evacuation and Severe Weather Refuge Areas
UNT Health provides building-specific floor plans with pre-identified Severe Weather Refuge Areas and emergency exits. UNT Health also provides an Emergency Assembly Area map that indicates on-campus designated areas to assemble outdoors during an evacuation. To access the floor plans or the Emergency Assembly Area map, click on the link provided, log in with your EUID and password, then click on the link(s) of interest for a copy of the plan.
Emergency Preparedness
Visit the KnoWhat2Do public education campaign website to learn more about how to develop safety plans, and how to prepare for and response to Severe Weather, Mass Violence, Local Hazards, Epidemics, and Pandemics.
UNT Health Weather Station
Did you know UNT Health has a Weather Station on campus? Visit the UNT Health Weather Station to see on-campus, real-time weather conditions.
Weather Safety
Please visit the links below for information on Weather Safety, including those potentially impacting the UNT Health geographic area, as well as those potentially impacting the UNT Health students, faculty, and staff who are traveling, and studying elsewhere in the United State or internationally.