McKinley Elementary Community Safe Room
The
Community Safe Room at McKinley Elementary, 610 S. Forest Ave., is ready
for use during tornado and dangerous high wind events.
- The
Community Safe Room is owned by Joplin Schools, and its first function
is to provide protection for McKinley Elementary students and staff
during tornado and extreme high wind events during school hours.
- During
and after school hours, the Safe Room will also be available to
residents who do not have safe locations to take shelter such as a
basement and who live within what we refer to as the “Tornado Protection
Zone” (TPZ - see link to map below).
- McKinley Elementary Special Needs Form
Tornado Protection Zone:
- The
TPZ represents a 1/3-mile radius around the school and a roughly
five-minute or less walking distance to the Safe Room at McKinley
Elementary.
- Due to the estimated time necessary to safely reach
the Safe Room after a weather warning has been issued and the Safe
Room’s maximum capacity of 1,179 persons, including the student body and
staff, the Safe Room is not designed to provide shelter for those who
live beyond this protection zone.
- McKinley Elementary TPZ map
Notification of Safe Room Opening:
- Your official notification that the Safe Room is open will be through your NOAA weather radio.
- The Safe Room will be opened when:
- The National Weather Service issues a tornado warning
- Tornado sirens are activated by the City of Joplin
- If
a weather warning is issued after school hours, a designated trained
safe room supervisor will open the facility for the community and
oversee the facility for the duration of the weather warning.
Questions?
McKinley Elementary Safe Room Entrance