Institution
James Madison University
JMUVAPublic R2JMU Urgent Alert / campus status~22,000 students
- Cases
- 9
- Alerts
- 19
- Verbatim
- 89%
- Span
- 2024–2026
Official alert policy
How JMU says it will alert: when and how Madison Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
9 cases · 17 of 19 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
2025
- winter weather: 2025-02-20Campus open at 10 a.m. after overnight weatheremergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2025-02-19Four p.m. early close for inclement weatheremergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2025-02-13Residence hall fire displaces 202 students overnight; no injuriesemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2025-02-11Delayed open upgraded to full close then next-day closureemergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2025-02-06Police phone lines fail during a power outageemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- infrastructure failure: 2024-12-05East Campus buildings closed; no hot water or heat in three hallsadvisoryverbatim
- gas leak: 2024-11-04Two buildings evacuated over a possible gas leak; none foundemergency notificationverbatim
- flooding: 2024-05-06Bluestone Drive closed for flooding then reopenedemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type