Tornado Safety Checklist โ Canada: 15 Items
Identify safe shelter and respond to urgent tornado warnings.
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๐ Prepare Before Tornado Season
Notes: Tornadoes can occur across Canada, with higher frequency in some Prairie and southern regions.
Tornadoes can occur across Canada, with higher frequency in some Prairie and southern regions.
Notes: Choose a small windowless area away from exterior walls.
Choose a small windowless area away from exterior walls.
Notes: Everyone should know where to go immediately.
Everyone should know where to go immediately.
Notes: Debris and power outages can follow a strike.
Debris and power outages can follow a strike.
Notes: Consider how to reach safety quickly.
Consider how to reach safety quickly.
๐ Act During a Warning
Notes: Do not spend time watching or filming the storm.
Do not spend time watching or filming the storm.
Notes: Use sturdy protection over the head and neck.
Use sturdy protection over the head and neck.
Notes: Move to a more substantial shelter before conditions deteriorate.
Move to a more substantial shelter before conditions deteriorate.
Notes: Do not shelter under a highway overpass.
Do not shelter under a highway overpass.
Notes: A storm may produce additional tornadoes.
A storm may produce additional tornadoes.
๐ After the Tornado
Notes: Move cautiously around broken glass and debris.
Move cautiously around broken glass and debris.
Notes: Treat damaged electrical equipment as energized.
Treat damaged electrical equipment as energized.
Notes: Report suspected utility damage from a safe place.
Report suspected utility damage from a safe place.
Notes: Additional severe weather may be approaching.
Additional severe weather may be approaching.
Notes: Replace used supplies and document safe repairs.
Replace used supplies and document safe repairs.
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Who This Checklist Helps
Identify safe shelter and respond to urgent tornado warnings.
Use this checklist to prepare before an incident, respond to verified instructions, and check for remaining hazards afterward. Review the specific local and provincial guidance for your circumstances.
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Preparedness recommendations can change with the risk, community, weather, medical needs, and emergency response. This is an independent practical adaptation, not a government publication or real-time alert service. Do not place private medical or identity details in a publicly shared checklist.
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