TMU Safe

In an urgent situation on campus, we want to increase the likelihood that you receive the latest information about what is happening as soon as possible. This way, you can make informed decisions that prioritize your personal safety.

These kinds of systems are becoming common in Canadian colleges and universities, and are part of the university’s commitment to proactively plan for rare but possible emergency situations.

While we send messages over email, social media and digital screens on campus, we ask that all community members download the app and opt-in to receive text messages from TMU Safe as these are generally the fastest ways to receive notifications. Alerts sent to the TMU Safe mobile app travel over both the WiFi and the cellular network, and have the potential to reach users faster than other communications channels.

TMU Safe will be used in active and urgent situations that require your immediate attention because they have the potential to:

• result in serious harm to people;
• cause substantial damage to property; and/or 
• disrupt the usual activities of the university.

TMU Safe will broadcast information in situations like:

• campus closures due to severe weather;
• building evacuations because of infrastructure- or security-related issues; and/or
• the rare case of an active threat situation and the call to Get out. Hide. Fight.

While TMU Safe will be used primarily for situations happening on campus or in close proximity to a TMU-owned or -occupied buildings, there may be some off-campus incidents in which the system will be used. 

In those cases, the executive director of Community Safety and Security will determine on a case-by-case basis if the size and severity of the incident has a likelihood of impacting TMU community, property or operations and warrants the use of the system.