Institution
University of Pittsburgh
PittPAPublic R1Pitt ENS~28,000 students
- Cases
- 16
- Alerts
- 25
- Verbatim
- 92%
- Span
- 2018–2026
Official alert policy
How Pitt says it will alert: when and how Emergency Notification Service (ENS) activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
16 cases · 23 of 25 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- fire: 2026-10-06Smoke inside a residence closes a street corner until it reopensemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2026-09-15Fifth Avenue traffic lights out at Atwood and Bouquetemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2026-09-11Traffic accident at Fifth and Lyttonemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2026-09-03Tree down closes Bates at Blvd of Alliesemergency notificationverbatim
- burglary: 2026-09-01Pry-bar burglary of electronics on the 300 block of North Craigtimely warningverbatim
- infrastructure failure: 2026-08-22North Bouquet closed for a water main break then reopenedemergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2026-08-17Off-campus Hyundai taken from Forbes and Oaklandtimely warningverbatim
- fire: 2026-07-09Kennett Square fire road blocked avoid areaadvisoryverbatim
- robbery: 2026-03-19Robbery on Forbes Avenue by a man claiming to have a gun; necklaces takentimely warningverbatim
- tornado: 2026-03-11NWS tornado warning canceled with emergency page pointeremergency notificationverbatim
- power outage: 2026-01-29Allies and Halket traffic lights out from power outageadvisoryverbatim
- winter storm: 2026-01-27Winter storm notice - sburgh extreme cancelemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type