Emergency Information

Update: Power has been restored to residence halls; some other buildings on campus remain without power. Power fluctuations may occur as systems are fully restored over the next few days. All on campus today are asked to please conserve energy as much as possible. For students and staff on campus today, food is available at Hilltop and […]

Update: Due to the extended power outage, a Red Cross emergency shelter has been opened at the UMaine Field House. The emergency shelter and the Memorial Union are available to residents of the Reserve, Avenue, Orchard Trails, Stillwater Village and Dryden Terrace. More information about the shelter is online: orono.org/DocumentCenter/View/5448 The Student Recreation Center reopens today at […]

Update: To enable members of the UMaine community to address any storm-related issues they have at their homes, and to facilitate post-storm assessment and recovery on campus, classes are canceled Tuesday, Oct. 31. Only storm day personnel are expected to report. Classes are scheduled to resume at 5 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1. The Field House […]

With morning classes canceled, nonessential storm day employees may stay or leave work. If afternoon classes are held, employees can use vacation time, with supervisor approval. Members of the UMaine community on campus this morning are advised to use caution. There is flying debris. Trees are down and power remains unstable. Exercise judgment before going […]

Widespread power outage campuswide. Updates as they become available on umaine.edu

All power restored on campus.

Power restored on east side of campus; outage continues on west side. UMaine Police Department advises using judgment coming to campus. Further updates as they become available.

Widespread power outage at UMaine and in Orono continues. Cause remains unknown. The UMaine Police Department asks community members to please use judgment coming to campus. Updates will be posted as they become available.

Widespread power outage UMaine and Orono. Cause unknown. Updates as they become available.

The University of Maine will conduct its annual emergency communications system test on Monday, Oct. 16, complete with three outdoor sirens sounding for several minutes. The sirens are part of UMaine’s multifaceted emergency communications system established in 2007 that allows university safety and communications professionals to use several mechanisms to quickly communicate vital information to […]