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November 2, 2015Texas County Memorial Hospital has invited area businesses to utilize the Community Safe Room in conjunction with the city of Houston and the hospital’s monthly tornado drill.
The city of Houston tests the city’s tornado sirens the third Thursday of every month at 9:30 a.m. TCMH also tests the hospital’s internal storm warning response system by paging the drill through the overhead paging system for all hospital employees to respond.
During the hospital’s portion of the drill, hospital staff, visitors, and patients that are physically able, evacuate hospital departments and go to the safe room when the sirens are sounded. They remain in the safe room until an “all clear” is given, usually about 15 minutes after the siren sounds.
Area businesses that would also like to access the TCMH Community Safe Room during the city-wide alert, should contact Bill Bridges, emergency medical services director at TCMH, at (417) 967-1385.
Businesses that practice with TCMH will be asked to have each individual participant sign in and sign out of the room as if the room were being utilized for a true emergency.