Thanks to diligence and good planning of Dick Fischer and the many volunteers who serve on emergency teams, employees in the university’s Kingston Pike Building held the campus’s first tornado drill yesterday to prepare for the spring storm season. The building houses UT Knoxville’s Office of Information Technology and UT System’s Office of Information Technology Services, both vital resource for the university.
Employees received building-specific training from the campus’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) office to learn more about how to react in the case of a tornado.
In emergencies, seconds matter so it’s important to be prepared and to know in advance how you should react. According to the campus’s Office of Emergency Management, drills provide you with the muscle memory that your brain relies on when reacting to trauma.
Brian Gard, emergency manager for the campus, said the drill was a success and he hopes it will lead to a higher level of vigilance among the campus community.
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