Spring 2025 UH RAVE Alert Emergency Communications Test

The University will conduct a test of its emergency notification procedures in February. There will not be an associated evacuation drill. The University of Hawaiʻi launched a new alert messaging system this semester: UH RAVE Alert. This replaces the UH Alert system. Members of the UH West Oʻahu community will continue to automatically receive emergency alerts to your @hawaii.edu email address.

We encourage you to log into UH RAVE Alert to enroll your mobile phone number to receive text alerts. (Your cellular provider may charge per-text fees depending on your plan.) If you are registered through the old UH Alert system, you must re-register your mobile phone number with RAVE to continue to receive emergency text alerts. Only active UH students and employees will receive text messages. If you have Spectrum Mobile, please sign up under Verizon. If you use Google wireless, you can sign up under T-Mobile.

In the event of an actual emergency, UH West O’ahu’s evacuation procedures are as follows:

  • Remain calm. Walk quickly to the nearest exit.
  • Do not use elevators.
  • Only take essential personal possessions such as cell phones, car keys, and handbags in case you are not able to re-enter the building.
  • Close doors behind you when leaving. Check to make sure everyone is out before closing the door.
  • Evacuate to the grass side of the Great Lawn rock wall. Be prepared to relocate if instructed.
  • Security or Emergency Responders: If an evacuation area is downwind of smoke or fumes, relocate to an upwind location.
  • Await further instruction from Campus Security or Campus Administration.

Additionally, here are pre-planning tips:

  • Know all exit locations in a building. Most people recall how they entered, but if this entry/exit is blocked or overcrowded, it is important to know an alternate exit location. If unfamiliar with the building, follow the overhead exit signs.
  • Have a pre-designated meeting place for everyone in your office or classroom.
  • Know who is not present for the day so that they can be accounted for at the designated meeting place.
  • If an evacuation is necessary, the building can be evacuated either by the fire alarm being sounded or by instruction to leave by Campus Security, Campus Administration through UH Alert, or emergency response personnel.
  • Alarm-pull stations, extinguishers, AEDs, and exit locations are identified on the floor plans posted in each building near the elevator.

The UH West O’ahu homepage at westoahu.hawaii.edu and UH West O’ahu social media pages will be updated to reflect the UH RAVE Alert test.