Institution
Georgetown University
GeorgetownDCPrivate R1HOYAlertX~17,000 students
- Cases
- 71
- Alerts
- 124
- Verbatim
- 100%
- Span
- 2022–2026
Official alert policy
How Georgetown says it will alert: when and how HOYAlert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
71 cases · 124 of 124 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- fire: 2026-10-02Fire investigation at Village C Westemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-09-03DC-area severe thunderstorm watch, seek shelter indoorsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-06-12Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter indoors — jun evening 1emergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-06-11Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter indoorsemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2026-05-13Fire investigation at Byrnes Hall Leavey Center Walkwayemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2026-05-12Fire investigation at 3609 O St NWemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2026-04-26Campus police phone outage alternate contact numberemergency notificationverbatim
- closure: 2026-03-16DC campuses early departure instructional continuity afternoonemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-03-16Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter until quarter past nineemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-02-23DC campuses delayed arrival with liberal leaveemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2026-02-03Gas leak investigation at Gewirz Student Centeremergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2026-02-01Gas leak investigation near Hilltop Campus housingemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2026-01-31Gas leak investigation at 1302 36th St NWemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2026-01-29Gas leak investigation at 1251 37th Stemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2026-01-22Gas leak investigation at 1403 37th St NWemergency notificationverbatim
2025
- weather: 2025-12-05DC campuses open with liberal leave and instructional continuityemergency notificationverbatim
- utility failure: 2025-11-14Pre-Clinical and Basic Science power outage ends with Saturday reopenemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2025-11-09Confirmed gas leak investigation at 1438 36th St NWemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2025-10-20Fire investigation in Harbin Hall; avoid the areaemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2025-09-21Fire investigation in Village C West residenceemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2025-09-14Fire investigation at New South with avoid-area and all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-07-27Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter until 3PMemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-07-09Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter until 7:00 PMemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-07-01Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter until 3:30pmemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-06-20Entrances closed for downed trees; use Reservoir Roademergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-06-19Severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter until 4:45 PMemergency notificationverbatim
- infrastructure: 2025-06-05Hilltop campus power outage; buildings avoided until restoredemergency notificationverbatim
- shooting: 2025-05-21Two killed in a shooting near the law and policy campus; suspect apprehendedemergency notification2 killedverbatim
- weather: 2025-02-12DC campuses delayed noon arrival with liberal leaveemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-02-06DC campuses delayed ten AM arrival with liberal leaveemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-01-08DC campuses open with liberal leave next dayemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2025-01-07DC campuses eleven AM opening with liberal leaveemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- hazmat: 2024-12-30Hazardous materials incident at White Gravenor with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2024-12-09Gas leak reported with avoid or evacuate guidanceemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2024-11-03Potential gas leak at Epicurean with investigation and all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2024-10-051413 37th St potential gas leak avoid-areaemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2024-10-03Copley Hall fire investigation with all-clear October productemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2024-09-11Potential gas leak at 3610-3616 N Street with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2024-09-08Building fire at Village A with evacuation and all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-09Morning tornado warning seek shelter indoorsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-03Saturday severe thunderstorm warning seek shelter eveningemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-07-31Late-July severe thunderstorm warning seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2024-06-22MedDent power outage with avoid-building then restoreemergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2024-06-20Leavey, MedDent, and Yates multi-building power outageemergency notificationverbatim
2023
- hazmat: 2023-12-02Hydrogen then nitrogen leak at Leavey Center loading dock with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2023-10-23Monday fire investigation at New South with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2023-10-21Fire investigation at New South laundry room with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2023-09-28Fire investigation at Copley Hall with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2023-09-20Potential gas leak at Reiss Science with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2023-09-09Severe thunderstorm warning for Main and Med campus seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2023-09-07Severe thunderstorm watch for Main and Med campus seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2023-08-31Gas leak at Harbin Hall with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
2022
- fire: 2022-12-25Fire investigation at Gaston Hall with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- police activity: 2022-12-04Police activity at Leavey Center with shelter-in-place and all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2022-12-01Fire at New South dorm and HFS Center with evacuation and all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2022-11-13Fire at Copley Hall with official all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2022-10-24Gas leak at Regents Hall with all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2022-10-10Fire at Hariri Building with closure and all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2022-09-16Main campus sporadic power outages with restorationemergency notificationverbatim
- shooting: 2022-08-30Shooting report around 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenueemergency notificationverbatim
- armed person: 2022-08-24Armed individual report at Wisconsin and Prospectemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-08-10Main/Med campus severe thunderstorm warning until 5:15pmemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-08-04Main/Med campus severe thunderstorm warning until 7:15pmemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-07-25Main/Med campus severe thunderstorm warning until 4:30pmemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-07-12DC region severe weather potential through 6:15pmemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-06-02Main/Med campus severe thunderstorm warning until 5:00pmemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-05-27Main/Med campus severe thunderstorm warning until 1230pmemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2022-05-25Fire investigation in progress at Henle 75emergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-05-16Main/Med campus severe thunderstorm warning until 4:45pm Mayemergency notificationverbatim
- infrastructure failure: 2022-04-13GUPD phone line outage with alternate contact numbersemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-03-31DC region severe weather potential through tonight Marchemergency notificationverbatim
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