Safety Alert Tools
Safety alert applications help keep you safe while traveling for University of Maryland purposes, whether you're on a study abroad program or traveling for business.
Education Abroad Travelers
Education Abroad travelers have access to AlertTraveler, an app that provides safety alerts, safety check-in functionality, and useful information like local 911 equivalent numbers. Learn more about AlertTraveler.
Maryland Business Travelers
University business travelers have access to the Healix Travel Oracle. This service enables travelers who have booked in Concur or uploaded their itinerary to Concur, to receive email messages and safety alerts from the Healix system regarding:
- Pre-trip, itinerary-based travel health, safety, and security information
- Real-time itinerary-based incident alerts
By downloading the Healix app, UMD business travelers can receive instant alerts on their devices and have access to important travel information at their fingertips. Features include:
- Country Profiles of over 200 countries, with information including recent alerts and travel risks.
- Traveler Advice provides standard language from Healix with tips for traveling to any country.
- UMD Support provides travel-related resources at your fingertips.
- Profile and Documents allows you to securely store documents (e.g. photos, medical information, etc.) so they can be retrieved if the originals are lost.
- Enabling GPS location data in Settings helps the system determine your precise location in order to send you more specific travel risk information.