Emergency Preparedness

The new EHS&EM

The emergency management program and emeregncy preparedness intiatives of Appalachian State, including this web site, are now a service of the newly established Environmental Health, Safety and Emergency Management Department (EHS&EM). If you have any questions relating to environmental health, safety, or emergency management programs at Appalachian, please visit the EHS&EM site (under development) or the 'Contact Us' section of this site.

August 23, 2011 earthquake

Many across campus felt the tremor(s) from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Mineral, Virginia just before 2 p.m. on August 23. Although we could "feel" the earthquake, there were no damages to campus property or infrastructure. The Department of Geography recently developed a resource that discusses the August 23, 2011 earthquake and the science of earthquakes in general. Please visit the Department of Geography's page by clicking here. We obviously live in an area susceptible to earthquakes, so please prepare yourself for earthquakes and other emergencies by exploring the topics throughout this web site.

Take ten minutes to prepare for campus emeregncies

As the Appalachian campus welcomed back returning faculty and students in August, we also welcomed the class of 2015. All first year students recieved important emergency preparedness information that encourages them to take just ten minutes to prepare for campus emergencies. The concept is not that you will only spend ten minutes preparing for emergencies, but that you will spend at least ten minutes exploring this site and then use that information to better prepare yourself. Nearly every week, the media publishes reports about incidents on college campuses. From violence to hurricanes, we must all prepare ourselves to prevent, respond, and recover from emergencies and disasters. There are 161,280 minutes in an average semester, by spending ten of them preparing you help make Appalachian a safer and more resilient place to learn, live, work, and play. Click on the picture above to print a copy of the emergency preparedness flier.

 Chancellor's emergency preparedness message