In Nebraska, spring means tornado season.Read information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency about tornadoes and tornado safety. Several methods will be used to communicate the severe weather information to employees at work at UNMC, including:
- NOAA weather alert radios;
- Audible devices on the fire alarm systems (some areas);
- e2 Emergency Notification System (to key dept phone numbers);
- e2 Text messages to cell phones for those who subscribed;
- Text pagers;
- House paging;
- PC crawler; and
- Broadcast media.
In addition, Douglas County will sound Civil Defense Warning Sirens. Employees are urged to learn where their safe areas are should tornadoes strike while they are at work.