Good morning MakeICT. This is just a freindly notice that todays weather outlook for this evening is looking dangerous. Please consider staying home this evening in the event of severe/tornadic storms.
If you find yourself at the space during a tornado warning, seek cover in the halls away from doors and windows. Avoid hunkering in areas/classrooms.
I don’t recall… Do we have signs indicating designated tornado shelter?
We do not have signs. In the 1960s, the hallways were always designed in my school. Bathrooms or basement might be good for our small numbers of people.
I believe we have egress routes posted but not tornado shelter locations. All the school building’s of that era had that as the default. I will add the boiler room and crawlspaces are the lowest points in the space and probably also a good choice in the event of a warning.
Should we formalize procedures for various situations (weather, fire, etc.)?
The building was designed to be a fallout shelter.
At very least dust off the ones we have and make ones for the maps we’re missing.
That’s good to know. But without signage, nobody else knows that and without signage, most wouldn’t know where to go in case of a tornado. I would probably go to the boiler room.
I will absolutely help with making signage for this if we want to. And as a long time EM professional, the safest places are the boiler room and especially the crawl spaces.
