{"id":175814,"date":"2026-03-26T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175814\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:20:08","slug":"queens-university-conducts-test-of-its-emergency-notification-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175814\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen&#8217;s University conducts test of its emergency notification system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>According to the university, the test will last about one minute. During that time, \u201cWestminster Chimes,\u201d along with a pre-recorded voice message, will be heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttention: This is a test of the Queen\u2019s emergency notification system. This is only a test. I repeat this is only a test,\u201d the schools social media read.<\/p>\n<p>The Emergency Notification System is a public address system that has been installed on pole-mounted outdoor speakers on top of campus buildings. It allows campus security and emergency services to broadcast alerts and pre-recorded messages across campus to faculty, staff and students in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>While the system is tested daily in \u201csilent\u201d mode, the audible test will help staff assess how well the alert can be heard.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of an emergency, the notification system uses a siren, followed by voice instructions that alert the campus community about the situation.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Other resources that those on campus can find additional information include the Queen\u2019s homepage, its <a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" safety=\"\" app=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.queensu.ca\/risk\/security\/sequre-app\" target=\"_blank\">mobile safety app<\/a>, the university phone line, and social media.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/news\/kingston-city-council-to-consider-motion-on-student-debt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sydenham Dist. 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Feb. 18, 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0220-ki-bursary.ki_.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Struggling Queen&#8217;s University commerce students to benefit from alumni donation<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content According to the university, the test will last about one minute. During that time, \u201cWestminster Chimes,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-175814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}