Institution
University of Virginia
UVAVAPublic R1UVA Emergency Alert / @UVASafety~25,000 students
- Cases
- 22
- Alerts
- 88
- Verbatim
- 98%
- Span
- 2022–2026
Official alert policy
How UVA says it will alert: when and how UVA Alerts activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
22 cases · 86 of 88 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- tornado: 2026-08-14Tornado warning with seek-shelter and transit haltemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2026-08-07Gas leak at Observatory Hill Dining with evacuation and avoid-area guidanceemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2026-07-31Page House kitchen fire avoid area then resume normal activityemergency notificationverbatim
- stabbing: 2026-07-23Stabbing at O'Hill Dining prompts avoid-area alert; suspect detainedemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-03-16Modified class schedule for high winds and tornado threatsemergency notificationverbatim
- bomb threat: 2026-03-13Emailed library bomb threat, part of a same-day wave at five colleges; no devices foundemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2026-03-01Fire activity and burning smell evacuate Physical Sciences and Chemistryemergency notificationverbatim
- bomb threat: 2026-01-06Gas leak on McCormick Road; later bomb threat at Shannon clearedemergency notificationverbatim
2025
- hazmat: 2025-12-29Hazardous materials incident inside Aurbach Building mitigated same dayemergency notificationverbatim
- active threat: 2025-11-03Active attacker then bomb-threat alerts evacuate Shannon and Clemons librariesemergency notificationverbatim
- shots fired: 2025-05-19Self-inflicted gunshot investigation with weapon securedemergency notification1 injuredverbatim
- fire: 2025-04-17Brush fire near Water Filtration Plant; fire controlled and scene stableemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- severe storm: 2024-08-31Two-hour lightning delay suspends Scott Stadium gameadvisoryverbatim
- fire: 2024-06-25Brief fire/police activity at 500 Ray C. Hunt Driveemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2024-06-16Brush fire near O'Hill and bypass closes trails overnightemergency notificationverbatim
- civil unrest: 2024-05-04Police activity and unlawful assembly declared at Rotunda and Chapelemergency notificationverbatim
- fire: 2024-04-27Fire at University Hospital extinguished; scene later stableemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2024-03-21Hazardous materials incident forces Chemistry Building evacuationemergency notificationverbatim
2023
- fire: 2023-09-07Fire and police activity at 11th Street Garage ends stableemergency notificationverbatim
- suspicious package: 2023-05-04Suspicious package at Alden House identified with no threatemergency notificationverbatim
- shooting: 2023-03-18Shots fired on Elliewood Ave; shelter-in-place until suspect leaves areaemergency notification1 injuredverbatim
By incident type