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Tornado Preparedness Training for Floor Captains. Stoughton Tornado August 18, 2005. University Safety and Assurances (414) 229-6339. 2013 Tornado Awareness Week. April 15 th -19 th , 2013 is Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Tornado Preparedness Training for Floor Captains
Stoughton Tornado August 18, 2005
University Safety and Assurances(414) 229-6339
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2013 Tornado Awareness Week
• April 15th-19th, 2013 is Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin
UWM Campus drills will occur on Thursday, April 18Thursday, April 18thth at 2 PM at 2 PM
Off-Campus Drill times are:Off-Campus Drill times are:Continuing Education-Plankinton Bldg. - 4/19 @ 1:30pmContinuing Education-Plankinton Bldg. - 4/19 @ 1:30pmEast Lake Towers-TBD East Lake Towers-TBD Kenilworth Square East– 04/18 @ 2:00pmKenilworth Square East– 04/18 @ 2:00pmSchool of Freshwater Sciences – 4/18 @ 2:00pmSchool of Freshwater Sciences – 4/18 @ 2:00pmUSRB- 4/18 @ 2:00pmUSRB- 4/18 @ 2:00pmWUWM – TBDWUWM – TBDZilber School of Public Health - TBDZilber School of Public Health - TBD
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Tornado Shelter Area Signs
• ““Tornado Shelter Tornado Shelter Area”Area” signs are posted in each campus building, typically located on the lowest level of the building
• In some buildings an interior classroom or stairwell may be an appropriate shelter area
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“Shelter in Place” Locations
• Newly identified interior classrooms where occupants can “shelter in place” can be identified by a temporary sign posted on the wall outside of the room
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Podium Instructions
“Podium Instruction” cards have been created for classrooms containing 50 or more students
These cards provide the instructor with emergency information on procedures in the event of a tornado or fire emergency
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Tornado Shelter Areas
• Emergency Evacuation signs (posted in prominent locations) identify your shelter areas
• Extra temporary tornado signs are available
Shelter Area maps: http://www4.uwm.edu/uap/space/floor-plans.cfm
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Announcement of Drill
• Buildings with a fire alarm panel or other public address systems will be notified via a verbal announcement over the PA System by the Building Chair (or someone appointed by the Building Chair)
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Announcement of Drill
• Text of the standardized message to building occupants will be provided to Building Chair
• The Building Chair will announce the start of the drill and location of Shelter Areas
• University Police will also send out a SAFE alert to announce the drill.
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Announcement of Drills and Warnings
– Alumni– AUP– Chapman– Hefter– Honors House– Mellencamp– Northwest Quad– Physics– Power Plant– USRB– Zelazo– WATER Institute
• Buildings with no PA systems will be notified by manual alarms (whistles) on each floor of the building
• These buildings are:
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Building Chairs
• Building Chairs should know the Floor Captains for their building
• Do you have adequate coverage for all floors of your building?
• How will you communicate with your floor captains?
Link to Listing of Floor Captains:http://www4.uwm.edu/usa/safety/general/floorcaptains.cfm
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Floor Captains
• Floor Captains are identified by green fluorescent vests
• For buildings with no PA systems, floor captains will also be issued whistles
• Please let us know if you need a vest and/or whistle
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Role of Building Chairs & Floor Captains During Drill
• Building Chairs & Floor Captains “direct traffic”– Guide visitors, students and
others who may not be familiar with building to shelter area
– Monitor security of building• In the event you will not be
available to assist with the drill, we would appreciate your assistance in identifying a co-worker or colleague who could temporarily perform your floor captain duties
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Role of Floor Captain During Drill
• Monitor corridors on assigned Floor to ensure personnel are moving to shelter
• Check restrooms on assigned floor to ensure they have been evacuated
• Concentrate on public areas• Office managers, classroom lecturers, and laboratory or
workshop heads should be responsible for advising occupants in their areas to evacuate
• Those floor captains assigned to shelter areas should assess designated shelter location (Did everyone fit? Could it be reached quickly?)
• Complete evaluation form and give to your building chair
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Evacuation
• Once the drill is announced, occupants should proceed quickly and calmly (using interior stairways if necessary to reach a lower level) to a building tornado shelter area
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High Rise Buildings
• Go to enclosed, windowless area in center of building -- away from glass
• Interior stairwells are usually good places to take shelter, and if not crowded, allow you to get to a lower level quickly
• Stay off elevators; you could be trapped if power goes out
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High Rise Buildings
• Bolton• Chemistry• Cunningham• Curtin• Enderis• EMS• Sandburg• Continuing Ed (Plankinton Building)
– SECONDS COUNT - Floors 4 and belowFloors 4 and below should go to basement; Floors 5 and aboveFloors 5 and above should seek shelter in interior spaces (restrooms, stairways, interior rooms and hallways).
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Evacuation - Individuals with a Disability
• Supervisors should be responsible for assisting any student, staff member, or visitor who has a disability
• Recommendations are:– Mobility impaired-wheelchair: Elevator
to shelter– Mobility impaired, non-wheelchair:
Elevator to shelter – Hearing impaired: Inform of
announcement and shelter advice – Visually impaired: Offer elbow & assist
to shelter
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Conclusion of Drill
• At the conclusion of the drill (once occupants have reached the designated shelter areas or after 10 minutes) in those buildings with a PA System, the Building Chair will make an “All Clear” announcement
• In those buildings with no PA System, floor captains will announce to occupants that they may return to their rooms
• University Police will send out a Text Message via the SAFE alert system to announce the conclusion of the drill (at about 2:10pm)
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Evaluation and Debriefing
• Floor Captains will meet briefly with their building chair for a debriefing and to turn in their evaluation form
• Or send forms to University Safety and Assurances in Eng. 270