Ready-to-run emergency drill

Severe storm shelter decision

Escalating severe weather tests alert monitoring, rapid movement to a safer location, accountability, and continuity when power is lost.

Scenario version 1 · Canonical guide: https://hazardnow.com/tools/emergency-exercise-builder/severe-storm-shelter

Session length
35–50 minutes
Objectives
3
Private workspace
No account or server save

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Intended audience

HouseholdNeighborhoodSmall organization

What the group practices

Act on an official warning

Receive a warning, identify its location and expiration, and translate it into a timely protective action.

Move to safer shelter

Select and reach the best available shelter while accounting for accessibility and visitors.

Maintain continuity

Account for people and maintain alerts, lighting, and essential communications during a power interruption.

Suggested roles

Exercise coordinator

Controls exercise messages and pauses play for any real-world concern.

Warning monitor

Practices receiving and verifying official warning details.

Accountability lead

Tracks participants, visitors, and anyone needing assistance.

Five-stage workflow

One exercise, through improvement

  1. 1

    Configure

    Choose objectives, audience, roles, and private facilitator notes.

  2. 2

    Conduct

    Release each checked-in scenario update manually when the group is ready.

  3. 3

    Evaluate

    Record strengths and areas for improvement against the selected objectives.

  4. 4

    Hotwash

    Capture immediate participant, facilitator, and observer feedback.

  5. 5

    Improve

    Assign corrective actions, owners, target dates, and status.

Participant ground rules

  • Exercise messages do not replace current official weather information.
  • Describe movement if physically relocating would disrupt operations or create a hazard.
  • A real warning or safety issue immediately takes priority over the exercise.

Simulation only

Facilitator injects, controller notes, expected actions, and evaluation criteria stay inside the private workspace. If a real incident interrupts the exercise, stop play, use the Live Dashboard, and follow official instructions.

HSEEP-informed, intentionally simplified

HazardNow provides a compact tabletop workflow for small groups. It is not an official HSEEP package, certification, or replacement for local procedures.

EXERCISE / SIMULATION — NOT A REAL INCIDENT. HazardNow checked-in scenario v1; HSEEP-informed and intentionally simplified. Follow official instructions during a real event.