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Wyandotte County – Kansas State School for the Blind
Action ID Action/Description Priority Goal(s)
Hazard Addressed Status Responsible Entity Estimated Cost and funding Source
Addressed
KSSB 1 ADA Community Safe Room. The
student population is multiply
disabled including blindness.
Moving them
around as a group is slow and
cumbersome. The school buildings,
where students spend most of their
day, were built prior to the 1950's
and are not equipped with
reinforced construction required to
provide truly safe protection from
tornadoes or other severe weather
related incidents. Currently
hallways are designated as tornado
shelter areas. We do this because
many buildings have no basement .
An ADA Safe Room on the main
level would allow us to move the
students to this area in a short
period of time where they were safe
and where they can be found easily
by emergency personnel.
H 1,2 Windstorm, Tornado On-going,
Assessme
nt has
been
complete.
Unified Government, KSSB
Superintendent
Cost: Unknown
Funds: FEMA Grant
Completion Date: 12 – 18 months
KSSB 2
Back up Generator. We have
medically fragile students with
multiple handicaps many of whom
live on site. Loss of power would
expose them to danger from health
risks from lowered temperatures
and safety risks from
exposure to alternative heating
sources like kerosene heaters or
other exposed flames. Over the
years during loss or power incidents
the students have been at risk. The
campus was originally built in mid
l800’s the wiring is antiquated. We
have multiple separate power feeds
into the campus. The generator
would allow us to better protect the
students in the event of a major
crisis like an Ice Storm – the
generator would prevent students
being exposed to dangerous
environments such as loss of heat,
open heaters, kerosene heaters,
H 1,2 Utility Failure, Windstorm,
Winter Storm
On-going
Unified Government, KSSB
Superintendent
Cost: $230,000 total
Funds: FEMA HMGP
Completion Date: 8 – 10 months
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