Appendix C- Tornado Response
TORNADO RESPONSE
Storm Shelters
There are six storm shelters on campus with the inclusion of the record storage room (the vault) on the bottom floor of the Administration building. In the event of a tornado warning, seek shelter in the nearest storm shelter to your proximity.
Administration Building Bottom Floor
The record storage room contains 312 square feet of free space, providing an occupancy of 104 persons at 3 square feet per person. The record storage room on the bottom floor of the administration building should be utilized by the following building occupants: Administration building, the Mills Center building, Solomon Hall Offices, Graceville Hall, and Carlton Hall.
B-Safe Southwest
The B-Safe Southwest shelter is located next to the Pod dorm and just behind Napier Hall. This shelter is 10’ wide by 45’ long, providing a certified occupancy of 90 persons seated or a maximum capacity of 150 persons standing. The B-Safe Southwest shelter should be utilized by the following building occupants and dorm residents: Napier, the Pod, Smith, and Lakeside; Wellness Center and Student Center.
B-Safe Kinchen Center
The B-Safe Kinchen Center shelter is located behind the Center’s curriculum lab on the west end of the Lakeview Apartments (married housing). This shelter is 10’ wide by 20’ long, providing a certified occupancy of 40 persons seated or a maximum capacity of 66 persons standing. The B-Safe Kinchen Center shelter should be utilized by the following faculty and staff and residents: Deese Center employees, Kinchen Center faculty and staff, and Lakeview Apartments 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
B-Safe Eastside
The B-Safe Eastside shelter is located behind the Florida Baptist Historical Archives Center, just west of the Conrad, Courtyard, and Ogletree dorms, and on the east end of the Lakeview Apartments (married housing). This shelter is 8’ wide by 24’ long, providing a certified occupancy of 38 persons seated or a maximum capacity of 64 persons standing. The B-Safe Eastside shelter should be utilized by the following faculty and staff and residents: faculty and staff occupying the Florida Baptist History and Heritage Center, Lakeview Apartments 19, 20, 21, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, Conrad, Courtyard, and Ogletree.
B-Safe Heritage
The B-Safe Heritage shelter is located on the north-side of Shepherd’s Cottages in Heritage Village. This shelter is 10’ wide by 10’ long, providing a certified occupancy of 20 persons seated or 33 persons standing. The B-Safe Heritage shelter should be utilized by residents of Shepherd’s Cottages, RV guests, as well as any personnel in Heritage Village in the event of a tornado warning.
B-Safe Ezell
The B-Safe Ezell shelter is located behind the Ezell Apartments. This shelter is a below ground shelter 6’ wide by 12’ long, providing a certified occupancy of 14 persons seated or 24 persons standing. The B-Safe Ezell shelter should be utilized by the residents of the Ezell Apartments and the Taylor Duplexes.
Accountability Procedures
Roll Call
Each shelter is provided with a list of its potential occupants during the event of a tornado warning or other emergency requiring access to the shelter. The rolls are populated based on each person’s proximity to the nearest shelter during a severe weather event or other emergency and is posted in each shelter.
Shelter Monitors
Each shelter is assigned a shelter monitor who will check the roll and communicate with the Director of Campus Safety his or her head-count. Each monitor will also communicate the whereabouts, if known, of any absent person.