owl ready

What does it mean to be Owl Ready?

As a University

Building, sustaining, and improving individual, unit, and university readiness and resilience.
Engaging the internal and external communities.
Developing University and campus plans, training, and exercises.
Communicating to the University’s constituents with One Voice.
Working with local, regional, state, and federal entities, and other key stakeholders.

As a Unit

Engaging all staff in planning and preparedness efforts.
Developing robust unit plans to prepare for, respond to, and recover from campus-specific and unit-specific emergencies.
Setting and managing expectations for roles and responsibilities for all staff, particularly essential personnel.
Ensuring that any Non-FAU entities that you work with and routinely find themselves on any of Florida Atlantic’s campuses have emergency plans that align with yours and the University’s.
Ensuring communication protocols are in place for staff to contact their immediate supervisors.
Knowing how to get official information from the University, including FAU Alert.
Signing up for FAU Alert modalities of text message and phone calls (all FAU-issued cell phones are required to be signed up for FAU Alert modules - text messaging and cell phones).
Having unit-specific emergency kits ready!

As an Individual

Paying attention! Don’t be distracted! Pay attention:
As you walk across campus,
As you get out of your car,
To your exits and places to hide when you’re in buildings - classrooms, offices, etc.,
To the weather,
To behave or things that are out of place. If it doesn’t feel right, or look right, it’s NOT right!
See Something, Say Something! What’s the “something”: it can be behavior or items. Don’t explain it away! Don’t be afraid to or wait for someone else to report.
Having a plan (and options). When the time comes to implement it, evaluate your best option and then DO IT!
Having emergency kits, including medications.
Knowing where to get official information, such as FAU Alert! Sign up for FAU Alert modules: text messaging and phone calls!
Activating the “Government Alerts” feature on your cell phone to receive real-time notifications, including tornado warnings.
Seeking shelter/safety, then seeking further information, if you’re not clear about the emergency.
Having a family communication plan.
Updating your emergency contact information in Banner (students) and Workday (employees) so that, if needed, University officials can contact your next of kin.

Resident Students

Working with and informing your RAs or Area Head Office of your emergency plans, including the hurricane evacuation plan, and whether you will need accommodation assistance.
Having an emergency plan for you, any service animal in your care, your mode of transportation, and emergency kits for sheltering at a local shelter, or traveling and staying elsewhere.
Having a family communication plan and notifying your parents, loved ones, and/or guardians.
Preparing your room for evacuation, such as in a hurricane.
All valuable items should be covered in plastic and stored off the floor to avoid water damage.
All windows and blinds must be closed.
All electrical appliances must be turned off and unplugged.

Owl Ready App

Owl Ready is the official preparedness and safety app of Florida Atlantic. It was developed collaboratively between the Department of Emergency Management and the Florida Atlantic Police Department (FAPD).

Download on the Apple App Store or Google Play !

With this dynamic, feature-rich mobile application, you can:

Contact Police: Easily access emergency and non-emergency contacts for external law enforcement and FAPD, and dial directly from the application.
Virtual Walk with a Friend or FAPD: Recruit friends, family, or a FAPD police dispatcher to accompany you on your walk at night virtually.
Emergency SOS: Notify FAPD at the push of a button with your location and directly communicate with one of our FAPD police dispatchers.
Report a Safety Concern: See something, say something. Report a safety/security concern to the appropriate University. officials.
Access Emergency Guides: Easily access emergency guides for a variety of situations.
View Current Weather: Receive current weather updates for all FAU locations.
Receive FAU Alerts: Receive emergency alerts from the FAU Alert System.
Language Translation: Easily translate words, phrases, and web pages.

For all EMERGENCY CALLS dial 9-1-1

Contact Us

Campus Operations Building
(69) Boca Raton Campus

Email: em@fau.edu