Emergency Information
Resource Guide
One resource we are making available is our Employee Resource Guide. Detailed within this guide is our serious incident protocol as well as contact information for emergencies, health and counseling services, student behavior, campus ministry and academics. You will also find photos of all of our contact staff, so you can put faces to those names.
Emergency Notification System
Carroll College has implemented CC Alert, a comprehensive emergency notification system, to communicate with students, faculty and staff in the event of an emergency. Alert degrees are:
- Green Alert – this is a low level alert that will be non-emergency in nature. The College will send these notices out periodically to be able to familiarize everyone with the system as well as dispensing important information to all.
- Yellow Alert – this is a middle level alert for information that may not yet be a full emergency but may be needed to ensure the safety of those on campus.
- Red Alert – This is the highest level of alert and will be used only in actual emergency situations, where the safety of individuals is at risk.
To keep updated during an emergency, regular updates will be posted at here. The website will serve as the primary source of information about the nature of the incident, how to remain safe, and after the event, the point at which safety has been restored.
Mass Notification System
Immediate Response Information System (IRIS) is a web-based notification system that enables direct and quick communication with students, faculty and staff via telephone and email. IRIS will be used exclusively to deliver messages during an orange or red alert.
To fully participate in this system, students, faculty and staff need to provide the College with key contact information such as a cell phone number and an email address in addition to a Carroll email. This confidential contact information will be gathered via the web and securely stored with the IRIS notification system, not in student or employee files.
To learn more about submitting your emergency contact information and to learn more about the mass notification system, click here to access FAQs.
Also, With the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, it is important for you to also know that Carroll has a "Dangerous and Disruptive Student Policy" that has been in effect for the past two years. The purpose of the policy is to ensure students receive the assistance they may need (mental health and otherwise) due to negative behaviors exhibited or threats made. This policy has been implemented with positive results a number of times the past two years. The "Dangerous and Disruptive Student Policy" is located on pages 115-118 of the Student Handbook.
Helena Police Notifications
You can receive emergency notifications to your cell phone from the City of Helena Police Department. Most people may recognize emergency notification systems by the brand name of "Reverse 9-1-1", but the principle is the same: it is a system that enables us to send high speed telephone calls to hundreds or thousands of Helena and Lewis and Clark County citizens with vital public safety information, or requesting assistance in an emergency. Get it now
Current Status
There are no alerts at this time.
Need to contact our Campus Security?Security at Carroll College is contracted through Securitas, a private security company which also serves the State Capitol, Federal Reserve Bank and St. Peter's Hospital in Helena. Security officers patrol the campus from 7pm-7am. Parking patrol is maintained from 7am-3pm. Call 406.461.7611 to contact a Securitas Patrol Office.
