Tornado Drill Checklist
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Before the Tornado Drill
Make sure that your employees are aware that you are having a tornado drill.
Make sure your employees understand what will take place during the drill.
Ensure your employees know the safest places to be during a tornado.
Encourage your employees to get information about tornado preparedness.
During the Tornado Drill
Announce the start of the drill by using a public address system or having designated volunteers alert staff.
Employees should act as though a tornado warning has been issued for the immediate area or a tornado has been sighted near the building.
Employees should evacuate as quickly as possible to the nearest safe place.
Be sure to use stairs to reach the lowest level of a building.
Avoid using an elevator.
In a real tornado emergency, once people reach safe areas they would crouch as low as possible to the floor, facing down, and cover their heads with their hands.
Once all employees have evacuated, the drill coordinator can announce that the tornado has passed and the drill is over.
Employees can then return to their offices.
After the Tornado Drill
The drill coordinator should document any necessary changes in the evacuation procedure.
Do more safe areas need to be identified?
Are some safe areas cluttered and need to be cleaned out to be more accessible?
Do employees know the fastest routes to take to safe areas?
Is a better method for letting employees know of an approaching tornado needed?
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Presented by:
John F. Smith
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Who it's for
This Tornado Drill Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.
- Standardize quality - run the same Tornado Drill steps every time, regardless of who executes
- Save time - reuse a proven Tornado Drill workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
- Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
- Onboard faster - use the Tornado Drill checklist as the SOP and training guide
- Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth
How to use it
How to use this Tornado Drill Checklist:
- Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
- Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
- Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
- Reuse without rebuilding - when Tornado Drill comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.