Pre-select and mark designated safe areas. Hold tornado safety drills. Train building employees to direct occupants to designated safe areas. Trained spotters should assume their posts as soon as conditions become threatening. The basement or an interior hallway on a lower floor of an office building is safest.
Upper stories are unsafe.
Otherwise, getting under heavy furniture must do. Select and mark designated safe areas in office buildings. Train employees to direct the occupants to designated areas. Back To Top Acknowledgment is given to Dr. James Ferguson, Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, for helpful suggestions and review of this publication. Newton K. Skiles is a Senior Forecaster, National Weather Service, and Gary Huitink is an Extension Agricultural Engineer, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas, Little Rock.