Hello Everyone, As part of Indiana's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, Purdue University's Office of Emergency Preparedness and Planning will coordinate a campus-wide tornado drill on March 20 (this is Thursday, during spring break). If there is inclement weather, the drill will be canceled. Multiple warning systems will be activated at 10:15 a.m. The systems that will be activated include the All Hazard Outdoor Warning Sirens (intended to warn those outdoors only), text message and the Boiler TV Emergency Alerting System layers of the Purdue Alert notification system. The outdoor sirens will be activated again at 7:35 pm, without the use of the text-messaging alert. This year, the ChE Safety Committee agreed that our School will not take part actively in this voluntary exercise, like last year. However, we strongly encourage all faculty and instructors to discuss in class the shelter-in-place procedures, when classes resume after the spring break. Please review the standard safety procedure for a severe weather emergency situation for Forney building: - when the 'all hazards' sirens are activated (or you receive the Purdue ALERT text message), stay in the building and move to the shelter-in-place location, which is the basement of both wings of the building. The following signs show the route to the FRNY shelter in place: [http://www.anytimesign.com/images/shelter_in__place.jpg] [Emergency Shelter Safety Sign] - Use one of the staircases in the FRNY atrium, adjacent to the exit facing Physics Building, adjacent to the exit facing Civil Engineering or adjacent to the exit facing the Engineering Mall. - Do not use the elevators. - Take your personal belongings if possible, and stay calm. - Assist those who need help, if possible. - Stay in the shelter location until instructed by emergency personnel that it is safe to leave. If you have any questions or concerns about this activity, please contact me. Sincerely, Gabriela Nagy on behalf of the ChE Safety Committee ________ Gabriela Nagy, PhD Industrial Education Director ChE Safety Committee Chair School of Chemical Engineering Room FRNY G051 Purdue University Tel: (765)-496-1710 E-mail: nagyg@purdue.edu<mailto:nagyg@purdue.edu>
