Emergency Plan Key Information

• HAVE emergency supplies and complete supply kit packed and ready, including an evacuation/ shelter kit if, necessary.
• BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE , if ordered to do so by University housing officials.

Shelter locations can be found on the FMU website and the FMU Emergency Resource Site.

• FAMILIARIZE yourself with your departmental plan.
• HAVE your emergency supply kit ready.

NOTE: When a hurricane warning is issued by the National Weather Service, The University President or his/her designee may authorize the University to close. Official closings will be announced by the University to local newspapers, radio and television stations, the FMU Webmaster and the hurricane hotline that serves all campuses.

• The most active months for tornadoes are June through August during the afternoon’s buildup of heat in the lower atmosphere.
• However no season or time of day is exempt from this powerful and deadly weather phenomenon.
• Land falling tropical storms and hurricanes also generate tornadoes.
• Tornadoes can last from a few seconds to more than an hour.
• The path can be from a few dozen yards to a few hundred yards.
• Using the actual damage to determine the tornado’s wind speed is the basis of the Fujita Scale (F-scale).

This is issued by the National Weather Service when conditions, which may produce tornadoes or severe thunderstorms, are present or developing.

CONTINUE normal activities, but have a safety plan in mind, and be ready to implement it, if the warning is issued.

• This is issued when a tornado or severe thunderstorm has been detected or sighted.
• The warning will tell you the location and movement of the severe weather.

• IMPLEMENT your safety plan immediately if you are in the path of the storm.
• TAKE SHELTER if you see or hear a tornado or threatening weather approaching. There may not be time for an official warning.

• DESIGNATE a tornado safe area in your building. It should be an interior room without windows.
• PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE between you and the outside.
• GET UNDER heavy furniture.
• COVER HEAD with arms and hands.
• If outdoors, CROUCH in a low spot. COVER HEAD with arms and hands. DO NOT get under an overpass or bridge. DO NOT seek shelter under a tree.
• GET OUT of a car immediately and seek shelter. NEVER try to outrun a tornado, they can change directions quickly.