Workplace tornado drills ensure employee safety

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Tornadoes can strike any time of year, but the majority of Illinois tornadoes have occurred between April 1 and June 30. While many people have a plan for where to go at home when a tornado warning is issued, it's also important for workplaces to have a plan for severe weather. The four basic elements of workplace preparedness are: * Plan - Assess the threats in your area, such as lightning, tornado, or blizzard, and develop a plan that addresses each threat as it applies to your staff. Take into consideration time of day and different shifts. * Practice - Conduct training meetings to ensure everyone knows the plan, then hold in-house drills to practice the plan. * Monitor - Designate a Weather Watcher who is responsible for keeping an eye on the weather. This could include listening to a NOAA weather radio, monitoring TV and radio reports or even deploying local spotters. * Act - Establish criteria on when to activate your plan, how to communicate activation to employees, where employees and visitors should seek shelter and how to communicate an "all-clear." During Severe Weather Preparedness Week (Feb. 28 - March 6), more than 100 employees at an IEMA facility in Springfield participated in a drill of the facility's tornado plan. Additional information about workplace preparedness is available at http://www.Ready.Illinois.gov.