Hammond Tornado Drill

We will be conducting a Tornado Drill (move to a storm-safe area) at the Hammond campus on Thursday, September 24, 2026.

These drills offer faculty, staff and students the opportunity to plan and practice their response.

Drill Format

We will announce the start of the drill by our ENS (PA) system. The drill announcement will be: “This is a Tornado Drill; please move to a storm-safe area.” We will also announce the end of the drill, “All clear, resume normal activity,” by ENS (PA).

Being mindful of the interruption to instructional time, the entire drill from start to finish will be eight to ten minutes. If you do not hear the “This is a tornado drill, please move to a storm safe area” announcement by ENS, do not move to a storm safe area. In addition, if you hear the starting drill announcement and do not hear “All Clear resume normal activity”, do not remain in the “storm safe place” for more than eight minutes.

Affected Buildings

Buildings are listed in order. Testing will begin at 9 a.m. Each building should take about ten minutes.

• Anderson Building
• Classroom Office Building (CLO)
• Potter Building
• Powers Building
• Gyte Building
• Porter Hall
• Student Union Library Building (SULB)
• Nils K. Nelson Bioscience Innovation Building
• Lawshe Hall
• Fitness and Recreation Center (FNRC)
• Riley Center
• Hospitality and Tourism Management Building (HTM)
• Indianapolis Boulevard Counseling Center (IBCC)
• Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center (CMEC)

To request a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office for Civil Rights at civilrights@pnw.edu or (219) 989-2163 five days prior to the event.

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