About Emergency Preparedness at Dartmouth

Dartmouth is committed to ensuring that its students, faculty, staff and administration live, learn and work in a secure environment. The College continually reviews its emergency management procedures. This involves refining processes designed to deal with various types of emergencies, and monitoring developing events and issues in a rapidly changing environment.

We will continue to monitor situations locally, domestically, and internationally and will make information available to students, faculty, staff, parents and alumni through a variety of channels, including, but not limited to:

• The DartAlert notification system
• The Dartmouth home page
• This web site
• The Dartmouth Daily Updates (D2U) campus announcements system
• Outdoor Mass Notification System

What You Can Do

• Review information regarding common hazards for Hanover and Dartmouth.
• Review the Department of Safety & Security safety tips.
• Remain calm and go about your normal activities.
• Be alert to suspicious activity, be prepared if the worst happens. Run. Hide. Fight. 
• Be alert for news and instructions.
• Pay special attention to physical security (do not prop doors open; lock doors that have access to sensitive areas such as residence halls, laboratories, computer equipment, etc.).
• Make it a practice to communicate with friends and family about your daily schedule and plans.
• Review suggestions from other organizations listed to the right.

Security works best when it works collaboratively. If you notice unusual activity or something that doesn't look quite right, please report it to the Department of Safety & Security at (603) 646-4000.