Tornado Preparedness

Preparedness: Being prepared for a tornado can be the crucial difference that may lead to survival and less damage. It is extremely important that all citizens are prepared for any possible problems that may arise during the tornado. Several precautions have been grouped into the following categories: Preparing homes, preparing families, and Forecasts. Taking a few minutes to prepare homes for a tornado can be a huge difference in the aftermath of a tornado. In most cases, citizens do not have enough time to get to a community storm shelter when a tornado hits, therefor, safe rooms should be built or prepared well ahead of time to ensure the safety of all. The safest storm shelters inside homes should be bolted to concrete slabs, have many …show more content…
Instead citizens can use a room that has no windows, is ideally underground, and provides many barriers between the people and the outside world. For apartments, it is recommended that people go to the lowest floor possible instead of trying to find a safe room in their apartment. Mobile homes are impossible to make safe rooms for, so when there is a tornado warning, get out of the mobile home as soon as possible and find a nearby shelter. Once safe rooms or safe areas have been prepared, it is essential that emergency kits are created a stored in the safe rooms. A basic safe room should include food, water, first aid supplies, clothes toiletries, flashlights, batteries, dust masks, duct tape, plastic sheets, wrenches/ pliers to turn off utilities, pre-charged portable chargers, chargers, cell phones, weather radios. In terms …show more content…
Priorities should include dealing with injuries an inspecting the damage that the tornado has caused. Critically injured individuals should not be moved from where they are unless they are in danger of getting injured further. Instead, the medical professionals should be brought to those individuals and treat them immediately. Nasty looking wounds that are red or swelling should be one of the first wounds to get medical attention. Any bleeding can be stopped by apply direct pressure to the wound and then applying bandages. For smaller cuts and scrapes, clean them out with soap and water before applying bandages. If anyone stops breathing get trained professionals to do CPR on the person. After assessing the damage, all able bodied people along with workers from the government or other organizations should be gathered and split into the following groups; medical treatment, refugee tents and cooking, rebuilding, vegetation and water sources, and children. People should be grouped by their strengths and their abilities so that they could provide the best help that they can provide. Doctors, nurses, and any others trained in medicine will be assigned to medical treatment. Their job is to treat any wounds and asses the health of all the citizens. Next is refugee tents and cooking. People assigned to this group will be in charge of creating