Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Guidance for ... - INEE Toolkit

Set-up public address system;Use cell phone short messages, walkie-talkies, messengers and any other meansneeded to communicate between school, emergency services and district office asneeded;Relay official communications from IC to staff and students in assembly area, andparents and public as needed.The Operations Branch Leader responsibilities are to:Open emergency supplies bin;Mobilize operations teams as needed and assign and supervise operations teamleaders;Maintain contact with Incident Command Center;Receive reports from team leaders;Maintain list of fires discovered and status;Receive list of missing/unaccounted students.Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Guidance for SchoolsFire suppression/Light search and rescue/Damage assessment and utilities control teamsare expected to immediately assemble at the emergency supplies container to obtain safetyequipment. Responsibilities are:Extinguish small fires immediately with distributed fire suppression equipment byall trained staff or older students without waiting for mobilization;Place rescuer safety first. Use good judgment in each situation;Three-member teams to search assigned areas by building and floor and check formissing students;Three-member teams to check and turn off utilities as needed and assess damage;Check every room in the assigned buildings looking for any person(s) who arehurt or need rescue assistance. Begin on the first floor and work up;Ensure everyone is out of the building(s). Escort people out of building in normalmanner via stairs, halls, and doorways whenever feasible. Send stragglers to theassembly area;Place an “X” with chalk on doors of empty rooms;Provide first aid on site, as long as you are not in danger;Transport non-ambulatory injured to first aid treatment area, only if it is dangerousto remain;Spend no more than one minute with each found victim;Record the location of victim on emergency response team log;34