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9 <br />nes'+ <br />Document Number: 909 R 5003 <br />Rev: 12 Date: 1/22/13 <br />Tornadoes are violent windstorms that may occur in connection with hurricanes or <br />thunderstorms. While conditions conducive to tornado formation are predictable, the <br />actual occurrence and path of a tornado is not. Warnings are therefore short and <br />employees must be trained and able to respond to a tornado warning quickly. <br />Pilkington provides training and drills to ensure all employees are able to respond to <br />a severe weather warning or tornado. <br />Pilkington maintains the specific emergency response equipment to ensure their <br />availability and suitability of use in the event of a tornado and severe weather event <br />that affects the facility. This includes equipment for internal and external <br />communications and general emergency response equipment. <br />Internal and external communications is provided by a scanner/weather radio, <br />audible alarms, a telephone system, cellular phones, two-way radios and pagers. <br />Pilkington maintains this equipment on a regular basis. Pilkington also has available <br />and maintained general emergency response equipment such as flashlights, backup <br />generators, bottled water supplies, and first aid equipment. <br />The nature of tornadoes is that very little advance warning is given. Shut down and <br />evacuation will most likely not occur in advance of a tornado. If shut down becomes <br />necessary, it will most likely occur as a result of tornado damage. Equipment should <br />be shut down as orderly as possible. <br />Security will monitor the scanner/weather radio for information relative to threatening <br />weather conditions. There are three types of tornado alerts which each employee <br />should know: <br />Level 1 Alert: <br />National Weather Service issues a TORNADO WATCH — Conditions <br />favorable. <br />SECURITY notifies Supervisors of TORNADO WATCH via all in -plant radio <br />bands. <br />Level 2 Alert: <br />National Weather Service issues a TORNADO WARNING for San Joaquin <br />County — Sighting. Security notifies Supervisors of TORNADO WARNING. <br />H:\profile\My Documents\500 E. louise ave (CIA LOF)\9-25-13\909R5003 Emergency Response Procedures.doc <br />Page 50 of 67 <br />Paper Copies are Not Controlled unless stamped in RED "Controlled Document". Controlled Version appears in QS9000 database. <br />Copies without a RED "Controlled Document" stamp will be OBSOLETE 24 hours from 10/7/2013 8:47 AM <br />