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🌪️ SEVERE WEATHER: KNOW YOUR 3-STEP TORNADO PLAN 🌪️
With the recent threats of severe weather, Minooka Fire Protection District wants to remind our residents that now is the time to review your tornado safety plan—not when the sirens sound.
Whether you live in a manufactured home, apartment, condo, or a home with or without a basement, everyone should have a plan for where they will go when severe weather threatens.
🏠 STEP 1: EVERY DAY
Monitor National Weather Service forecasts and make a tornado sheltering plan—or review your current plan.
Know:
✅ Where you will go when a tornado threatens
✅ How you will get there
✅ How long it will take to reach your safe location
✅ Your evacuation route and a backup plan
⛈️ STEP 2: THE DAY BEFORE SEVERE WEATHER
When severe weather or tornadoes are in the forecast, make arrangements BEFORE the storms arrive.
Coordinate with family or friends to spend time at their home when storms threaten, or identify another safe community location where you can go.
⚠️ IMPORTANT: Minooka government buildings and Minooka Fire Stations are NOT authorized storm shelters. Please make your plans in advance and do not rely on these facilities as a storm shelter.
🚨 STEP 3: THE DAY OF SEVERE WEATHER
When a TORNADO WATCH is issued, that is your signal to be READY.
Have your plan in place and be prepared to move quickly to your safe location.
For residents of manufactured/mobile homes, it is especially important to plan ahead. Once a TORNADO WARNING is issued, it may be too dangerous to travel outside or use an evacuation route. In some situations, you may need to leave your manufactured home BEFORE the warning is issued and before the storm arrives.
🌪️ WATCH = Be Ready
🚨 WARNING = Take Action
Don’t wait until the last minute to decide where you will go. Know your plan. Talk about it with your family. Practice it.
Stay weather aware. Stay prepared. Stay safe, Minooka!
www.minookafire.com/severe-weather-safety/
www.minookafire.com/manufactured-homes-safety/
— Minooka Fire Protection District 🚒
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Minooka Fire Protection District
Station #1 – Headquarters
7901 E. Minooka Rd.
Minooka, IL 60447
Non-emergency Number: (815) 467-5637
Station #2
28643 W Eames St
Channahon, IL 60410
Training Facilty
1001 Twin Rail Dr.
Minooka, IL 60447
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