Wesleyan has a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Middletown Board of Education which states that the Freeman Athletic Center will serve as an “area of refuge” in the event measures are needed to protect the city’s student population.

Wesleyan’s Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT) provides more than three dozen faculty and staff volunteers who have donated hundreds of hours in support of city emergencies.

The Bacon Field House is the Regional Distribution Site (RDS) for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) supplies for Middletown, Durham, Cromwell and Middlefield.