Emergencies/Tornados

Written on 04/03/2025
Camp Rotary

ALL EMERGENCIES EXCEPT A TORNADO

Signal: General Alarm - up and down “whoop”
Backup signal: repeated honking from a vehicle horn
1. All campers and adult leaders will report as quickly as possible to the porch of Central Lodge and
line up according to campsite and unit QUIETLY.
2. The unit leader will take a head count.
3. The results are to be reported to the staff member designated at Central Lodge.
4. No one is permitted to leave the Dining Hall until the “all clear” has been given.
5. Follow further instructions as they are given.

TORNADO

Signal: Continuous Tone followed by PA announcement
Backup alarm: solid tone from a vehicle horn
1. This signal will only sound if a tornado has been sighted in the area.
2. All campers will immediately lie down as flat as possible in the nearest ground depression and
cover their head - campers near a concrete building (i.e. shower house, basement of Dining Hall,
bunk wings of Kepayshowink Lodge) may seek shelter in those buildings.
3. At the all clear a general alarm will sound and all campers and adults will report to the porch of
Central Lodge for a headcount.
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