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

Disaster and Emergency Preparedness: Guidance for SchoolsAt request gate: Greet and direct parents/guardians through the request process; Provide parents with student-family reunification form (permit for release ofchild) to be filled out; Verify authorization on “student emergency contact” cards; Request identification. If parents or guardians are known to staff or positivelyidentified by student, this may be used in lieu of official identification, subject toapproval of administrator; Keep the top portion of the form at the request gate filed in alphabetical order; Locate child using student schedule location roster and identify location in emergencyassembly area; Send a runner with the middle portion of the form to locate the student in the assemblyarea; Give the bottom portion of the form to the parent/guardian and direct them to thereunification gate; If a second person comes to find the same student, check request form and directparent to the reunification gate for detailed information.At reunion gate:Match request form with student. Request identification. In the case of discrepanciesrequest adult to return to request gate.If a second person comes to find the same student, verify that the student waspicked up, when and by whom.The logistics branch leader’s responsibilities are:Immediately lock all external gates and doors—secure campus;Report to incident commander;As needed, mobilize individuals to obtain equipment and people to support theoperations branch;Monitor gates and open for emergency vehicles, and direct first responders to areaof need;Post signs as needed;Direct parents to the “request gate”;Check utilities and take action to minimize damage to school site;Assess damage to site and report findings to incident command center;Establish morgue area, if needed;36