Tornado Emergencies

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Photo: The Gainesville tornado of 1936 caused damage to campus buildings but there were no serious injuries.

Emergency
Phone Numbers

Gainesville Campus
24-hr. Security:
dial 1234

Calls from off-campus:
770-534-6202

Atlanta, Augusta, Kings Bay, Waleska: dial 911

SEEK SHELTER

When the severe weather alarm sounds, proceed to your designated emergency area or the first floor interior hallway or basement in your area rapidly, but do not run. Position yourself on the floor against interior wall, cover your head with arms. If in an unprotected area, crawl under heavy furniture. Outside, get into a ditch or depression, or lie flat on the ground and protect your head. During emergency alerts, DO NOT GO TO gym basketball areas, Natatorium, or any large glassed areas.

WSB-TV Atlanta has a weather site with early warning Doppler radar images.

Designated Shelter Areas
Remember that tornado warnings allow only seconds, or a few minutes at best, to seek shelter.

Residential Areas

Always move to appropriate interior halls away from glass/windows.

316 Boulevard Houses---First floor interior hallway

437 Brenau Ave.---First floor interior hallway

530 Washington St. --- Basement

600 Washington & Senior Apts---First floor interior hallway

Bailey/East Halls---East Hall area where there are no windows

Centennial Guesthouse---First floor interior hallway

Crudup Hall---First floor interior hallway

Hudgins House---First floor interior hallway

North Hall---First floor area designated with shelter sign

Simmons Hall---First floor interior hallway

Sorority Houses---First floor interior hallway

VanHoose Hall--- First floor interior hallway

West Hall---First floor area designated with shelter sign

Yonah/Wilkes---Yonah first floor where there are no windows

Academic and Administrative Areas

Always move to appropriate interior halls away from glass/windows.

313 Boulevard House --- Basement area

Academy Classrooms---First floor of North or West Hall

Bailey/Pearce Administrative Offices---Basement of Visual Ars Center

Bette Todd Wages House---Interior hallway

Burd Center for the Performing Arts � Main level, interior hallway

Center for Teaching Excellence � Interior hallway

Child Development Center---Interior area

Evening and Weekend College Admissions � First floor interior hallway

Feldmann House---Interior hallway

Fitness Center gymnasium---First floor interior hallway

Fitness Center natatorium---First floor dressing rooms

Geiger Music Building---Little Theater

Gymnasium---First floor interior hallway

Hopkins Dining Hall---Inner walls in upper dining area; reinforced areas in kitchen/storage

Jacobs Building---Basement

Jewell Building---Interior hallway

Learning Center---Interior hallway

Legal Studies Building---Main interior hallway

Library---Main interior hallway away from glass

Occupational Therapy---Interior hallway away from windows

Owens Student Center---Basement interior wall areas

School of Nursing---Bottom floor interior hallway

Science Building---First floor hallway

Student Development Office---Interior hallways

Student Health Services---First floor interior hallway

Student Union Building/Tearoom---First floor lobby restrooms

Virginia Hall---Middle of offices

Visual Arts Center---Basement

Wheeler House---First floor interior area

Official Notification Procedures

1. Monday through Friday, 8AM - 5PM, if a tornado warning is put into effect, Emergency Management Office will notify the switchboard via the weather scanner. At that time the telephone calling tree will be activated.

2. Monday through Friday, 8 - 8:30 AM, John Keller will notify faculty in academic buildings if the weather scanner alarm sounds.

3. Monday through Friday, 5PM - 8AM, and on weekends, the residential coordinators on duty will activate the residence life calling tree and call the Academy at 534-6140 (days) or (the Housemothers) 538-4677, 538-4632, and 538-4469 (evenings).

4. Monday through Friday, 5PM - 8AM, and on weekends, the security officer on duty (there is a weather scanner in the security office) will:

A. Activate the on-campus alarm.

B. Proceed to all Academic Areas. Ask the first professor seen in the building to notify all other occupants of the building. (Weekend/Evening Coordinator will send copy of schedule to security office for posting.)

C. When the coordinators receive an all-clear from the weather scanner they will notify the officer who will proceed again to the academic areas to notify the occupants.

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