Institution
West Virginia University
WVUWVPublic R1WVU Alert~26,000 students
- Cases
- 8
- Alerts
- 21
- Verbatim
- 81%
- Span
- 2023–2026
Official alert policy
How WVU says it will alert: when and how WVU Safety Notification System activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
8 cases · 17 of 21 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- gas leak: 2026-10-16Arena evacuated for a gas smell; a leak is confirmed outside and the gas is shut offemergency notificationverbatim
- lockdown: 2026-09-18Child Learning Center lockdown during police investigationemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2026-08-19Evacuate Life Sciences for a gas-smell report, then clearedemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2026-07-29College of Law evacuation for reported gas leak then all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- tornado: 2026-07-21Tornado warning with shelter order then reissue and lift cycleemergency notificationverbatim
- facility emergency: 2026-04-30Beechurst PRT car electrical arc with student window evacuationemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type